By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My first Boy Monk blog post, two years ago this week, recalled the September 2015 speech by Pope Francis to Congress. The Pope described how American…
Posts published in September 2019
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– September, perhaps the Rodney Dangerfield of months, has not always enjoyed the full measure of my respect. Yes, there is an abundance of peach pie and…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A recent news headline reported that a priest at a Catholic elementary in Nashville, Tennessee has banned J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books from the school library. This ban…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– In the late 1800s, tuberculosis killed 1 of every 7 people on earth. This terrible bacterial plague—called the Captain of Death—claimed four of my own family…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– The old Trappist monastery in Huntsville, Utah was my second home, a source of lasting friendship, and a font of spiritual refreshment. I knew the place…