Faith Flaherty

I'm a grandmother, mother, wife, and a Lay Dominican. I belong to a chapter of Lay Dominicans inside a prison, so that's my charism--prison ministry. I'm editor of my Lay Dominican province's newsletter--eLumen. http://laydominicans.org/about-us/elumen/ . My personal website is http://theonetruefaith-blogspot.com, I twitter @contemprisma, and my facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/faith.flaherty . I also have another facebook page- "Give Faith A Chance" https://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Faith-A-Chance/111204548892027 .

Latest Articles By Faith Flaherty
Why You Should Wash Your Rosary
Why You Should Wash Your Rosary
Every once in a while, I posit that our prayer life needs to be washed like a rosary. Rosaries are prayed with our dirty fingers. I usually don't wash my hands before I pick up my rosary. We probably should.
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The Olympic Flame and Apostolic Succession
The Olympic Flame and Apostolic Succession
When trying to explain apostolic succession, I’ve often linked the concept to inheritance, i.e., property, the family farm or business that has been handed down generation to generation. However, presently while watching the 2020/21 Olympic Ceremony, I think contrasting the Olympic Flame might be a better analogy.
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American Vernacular (A poem)
American Vernacular (A poem)
Collective behavior / can damn the innocent.
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Shoes and Belts
Shoes and Belts
This morning I was reading December's Magnificat. Father Peter John Cameron, O.P. wrote an editorial on belts. He quotes the Jesuit Father Cornelius a Lapide saying that a belt can be penitential
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Catholic Churches are Unfriendly
Catholic Churches are Unfriendly
Catholic Churches aren't welcoming. How many times have Catholics heard that and then tried to give examples of welcoming activities.
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Veritas
Veritas
The other day on Facebook I read a news flash that was ridiculous. I don’t even remember what it was; these implausible claims are so obvious that I’m incredulous than anyone even takes more than a moment’s notice, never mind that they seriously believe them.
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A Fresh Look at the Good Samaritan
A Fresh Look at the Good Samaritan
Tonight is Bible Sharing, so I was reviewing our topic, which is the story of the Good Samaritan. What I find as an invaluable tool in understanding scripture is Dr. John J. Pilch. He is a biblical scholar concentrating on cultural-historical background.
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Cutting Myself
Cutting Myself
I thought I'd forgiven him. At least I was trying. I was going through the motions. But when we were together, standing next to each other. I'd feel internally so cynical and angry, and that made me anxious and confused. It was depressing me because I was trying--praying not to feel this way.
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The Christian Paradox
The Christian Paradox
It's a kind of paradox to love the sinner but not the sin. I minister inside a men's prison and when I sit and talk with them, I love them all. Of course I don't love what they've done; I don't even want to imagine it. I separate the two.
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Gossip Is and Isn't
Gossip Is and Isn't
Gossip is bad; that's what everyone seems to say. I beg to differ. There was a time when I was in emotional angst for four years because of what a certain person did to me. Four years! Then one day in conversation I overhead a piece of juicy gossip that blew those four years of angst to dust.
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I Know Mine and Mine Know Me
I Know Mine and Mine Know Me
The other day it was my pleasure to pick up my little 25 month old granddaughter. I had never done this before and was a little concerned about how she would react. I know she knows me, but not in the context of removing her from a familiar setting to go off with me. But we had no choice. Her mother, my daughter, was held up at work.
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The Saint Who Was Bombed
The Saint Who Was Bombed
Then in August, 1945, pamphlets dropped down upon their home in Nagasaki from American planes warning that a bomb would be dropped. Takashi and Midori sent their children to their grandparents home to stay. They stayed in Nagasaki. Takashi and Midori carried on their lives.
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