If you have the time, listen to this extremely interesting interview with Michael Knowles and a former drug addict. (Knowles is doing a bunch of such interviews these days – and he seems to be working in some Catholic apologetics in there a bit as well, which is top-notch.)

Also, stay away from the occult! It’s not “just innocent fun” and stuff, even when it seems that way. If you’ve so dabbled, mention it in your next confession. And don’t do shrooms… While I am intrigued by the possibilities for some kind of therapeutic uses of psilocybin or similar intoxicants, they are BAD for recreational purposes – as the story above shows.

A major announcement is coming soon. And I will be praying for you, my readers, at the tomb of St. Benedict Labre, whose feast is today, and whose remains lay in my local parish, Santa Maria ai Monti. (It is also the feast of St. Drogo, patron saint of coffee.)

A blessed Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday.

St. Faustina, pray for us!