I buy used books from ThriftBooks and love finding traces of previous owners. Dedications, margin notes, old bookmarks. In "The Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence (I'll be writing about him on my Substack), I found a cross-shaped bookmark with faded ink on

Exploring Spain and delighted to find David McCloskey has made it onto bookshelves here too. [Madrid -Train station]

Pulled this one straight from my journal pages. My latest Substack post. Read it here: cealbanese.substack.com/p/faith-and-pr…

September 1st: “Everyday Graces” arrives 15 stories. Infinite moments of divine grace. Order + share this post. Link in bio

September 1st: “Everyday Graces” arrives 15 stories. Infinite moments of divine grace. Order + share this post. Link in bio

Plot armor power rankings. Let’s settle this debate once and for all I’ll start:

Today's Book: Blood and Treasure - Ryan Pote Ryan Pote Berkley Publishing The Crew Reviews Podcast #bookoftheday bookoftheday.org/blood-and-trea…

For years, I ran from my faith. I turned my back on the church and chose my own path over Jesus. Then something happened a year ago. Something that shattered everything I thought I knew about God's love. An encounter so profound it rewrote the very foundation of who I am. Now

The cost of following Jesus: everything I thought I was. New reflections from my spiritual journal now live on Substack. Link in bio.

“I was worried that they might be sentimental, fantasies of Christian life. But no, these are the real thing... what treasures these little, 500 word tales are.” — Julie Davis, Happy Catholic So humbled by Ms. Davis' thoughtful review of Everyday Graces — and her “highly

Today we celebrate the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, also invoked as Queen of Peace. Let us fast and pray to implore the Lord for the gift of peace. Let us #PrayTogether that hearts may be freed from hatred, that we may move beyond the logic of division

I don't write about faith. I bleed it onto the page. Raw dispatches from spiritual warfare. Where suffering becomes joy. Where He meets me in the wreckage. No sugar-coated theology here, just 3am visions, prayers that sound like wrestling matches, and conversations with the

Coming 9.1.25 EVERYDAY GRACES, the first in a series where I capture the sacred hiding in plain sight. Fifteen flash stories. 500 words or less. Each one a moment where grace breaks through the ordinary. These aren't fairy tales or sermons disguised as fiction. They're real

Exclusive first look at my new novel--The Method! “A pulse-pounding knockout that’s part Hollywood thriller, part high-stakes spy game. Glamorous and gritty, The Method delivers relentless tension, jaw-dropping twists, and a heroine you’ll root for on every page,”

Join us as Pope Leo XIV inaugurates the Borgo Laudato Si’, a new ecological centre in Castel Gandolfo recently opened to the public and dedicated to embodying the vision of Laudato si’. Friday, September 5 at 7 pm ET On Salt + Light TV slmedia.org #SLMedia #LaudatoSi

About to be blessed ⁦CE Albanese⁩

Thirty years later, I still wonder about all the laughter John Candy would have given us.

What transforms a servant's heart into a crown of joy? Explore this journey in my latest piece: "From Kitchen to Crown: A Servant's Journey to the Feast"—now live on Catholic Exchange. catholicexchange.com/from-kitchen-t…

So, here we have CE Albanese for story month! He is a former secret agent, or something like that, who wrote a book with stories that help understand the faith. Simple and short. Link below!