May Crowning, Mass, and Merton: And Other Reasons I Love Being Catholic Book

1	The crucifix	3
2	Holy water, incense, and candles	7
3	Holy gear	13
4	The rosary	19
5	Kneelers	25
6	The Pieta	29
7	Michelangelo's creation frescoes in the Sistine Chapel	33
8	The Scala Santa and devotion	39
9	Wedding bands on the hands of nuns	43
10	Mary	49
11	The archangels : St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael	53
12	Pope John Paul II	59
13	Flannery O'Connor	65
14	The young Thomas Merton in Rome	71
15	Mary Lou Williams and the blessing of conversion	77
16	The communion of saints	81
17	The Swiss Guard	87
18	St. Joseph of Cupertino	93
19	Bd. Pier Giorgio Frassati	97
20	The imitation of Christ	101
21	May crowning	109
22	The Anima Christi, soul of Christ	113
23	Adoration	117
24	Fasting	123
25	Silence	129
26	The "Ave Maria"	133
27	Forgiveness and the sacrament of confession	137
28	The rosary of the holy wounds and Sr. Mary Martha Chambon	143
29	Pilgrimages	149
30	House blessings	155
31	The Eucharist	159
32	The sign of peace	165
33	To arrive at love	173
34	Heavenly humor	179
35	Celibacy	183
36	The pro-life life	189
37	The promise of the holy spirit	195
38	The names of God	199
39	God comes to meet us	205
40	Visit the imprisoned : a corporal work of mercy	209
41	Belonging to the universal church	215
42	Daily mass	225
43	The feast of the epiphany	229
44	Ash Wednesday	233
45	The sixth station : Veronica wipes the face of Jesus	239
46	The tenth station : Jesus is stripped of his garments	245
47	The hour of divine mercy	251
48	Tenebrae	257
49	Easter	261
	Epilogue : the cross	267