Father Ron’s Column Archive
~by Father Ron Camarda
September 1, 2009: Sounds at Dusk
September 21, 2009: 23 January 2008
September 28, 2009: Stewards of Compassion
October 19, 2009: Squam Lake, New Hampshire
November 2, 2009: Feast of All Saints
November 9, 2009: Fallen Angels Fly
November 16, 2009: With Heartfelt Thanks to Father Ron
November 23, 2009: Maggie and Val
November 30, 2009: Steward of a Smile!
December 7, 2009: Advent of Peace
December 21, 2009: CHRIST-MASS Rosary
December 28, 2009: Walking Little Miss Daisy
January 4, 2010: Stewards of Light
January 10, 2010: Baptism of Jesus
January 19, 2010: Tear in the Poor
January 25, 2010: God Loves the Poor!
February 1, 2010: Stewards of Birth
February 8, 2010: The Back Side of the Sunset
February 15, 2010: Behold the Lamb of God
February 22, 2010: Missions of Love
March 1, 2010: The Poor Will be Raised Up
March 8, 2010: Mission Honduras
April 5, 2010: My Easter Family in 1963
April 12, 2010: My Heart is Afire
April 19, 2010: What Did Jesus Say on the Cross? Catholics Want to Know!
April 26, 2010: Tear in My Soul
May 3, 2010: Happy Mother’s Day to Notre Dame (Our Lady)
May 10, 2010: Florida Fallen Heroes
May 31, 2010: Stewards of Memorial Day
June 7, 2010: Hymn of the Universe
June 21, 2010: Steward of a Sand Crab!
July 5, 2010: Navigating the Spiritual Journey of Life
July 12, 2010: Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?
July 19, 2010: Earth, Air, Water, Fire
July 26, 2010: Teach Us to Pray
August 2, 2010: Sea Turtles in Heaven
August 9, 2010: Stewards of Sister Patricia
August 16, 2010: Little Portion
August 23, 2010: Arkansas Wild
August 30, 2010: Come Lift Up Your Sorrows
September 6, 2010: Matthew Brown, USMC
September 13, 2010: My Catharsis
September 20, 2010: There is a Longing in Our Hearts…
September 28, 2010: The Story in My Backyard
October 4, 2010: O Jesus, My Love…
October 11, 2010: I Wrote a Poem on My Birth-day
October 25, 2010: Steward of Halloween
November 8, 2010: Battle for Fallujah
November 15, 2010: Share All You Have
November 22, 2010: Eucharistic Prayer IV
November 29, 2010: Seasoned With Hope
December 6, 2010: When Was the Last Time You Skipped?
December 13, 2010: ADVENT: Waiting for the Light!
December 20, 2010: Christmas Without Music!?
December 27, 2010: INVOCATION–Fifth Annual 2010 Northeast Florida Service Academy Ball
January 3, 2011: “You are my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased!”
January 10, 2011: STILL CHRIST MASS
January 17, 2011: Three Days in Hawaii
January 24, 2011: Father Frank
January 31, 2011: Three Photogenic Poems of Winter
February 7, 2011: Steward of a Chicken Wing
February 14, 2011: Stewards of a Mission
February 21, 2011: Love is in the Air!
February 28, 2011: THANK YOU MOM FOR YOUR SERVICE
March 14, 2011: Still Flying Out of the Desert
March 28, 2011: What are YOU Doing for LENT?
April 4, 2011: An Offering of Prayer
April 11, 2011: Swim Padre! Swim!
April 22, 2011: The Vulnerable Good Cross
April 25, 2011: Where Were You When…?
May 2, 2011: He Loved Them to the End. St. Joseph, Pray for Us!
May 9, 2011: “ONLY AN HOUR” ~By Margaret R. Camarda (My Mother 1930-2000)
May 30, 2011: Remembering ‘The Best Christmas’ on Memorial Day
June 13, 2011: Animals of Ireland
June 27, 2011: Seeking God Can Be Dangerous
July 4, 2011: Jesus, my friend…I trust in you!
July 11, 2011: On a Dock, Sipping Wine
July 25, 2011: The Pearl of Great Price
August 1, 2011: “Give them some food yourselves!”
August 8, 2011: Tear in St. Michael
August 15, 2011: The Spirit of the Beloved has Anointed Me!
August 22, 2011: Please, Lord, even the dogs eat the scraps that fall!
August 29, 2011: How I wept when I heard Your hymns and canticles…
September 11, 2011: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 19, 2011: A Prayer to Padre Pio
September 26, 2011: 7th Anniversary of Fallujah
October 3, 2011: October Joy! And Children’s Books of Hope
October 10, 2011: Instrument of Peace!
October 17, 2011: Journey of a Soul
October 24, 2011: Battle for Fallujah
October 31, 2011: Stewards of Heavenly Visions!
November 7, 2011: Living Veterans
November 14, 2011: 50 Years of Edgar and Margaret
November 21, 2011: Let Us Give Thanks
November 28, 2011: Thank You for the Gift of William
December 12, 2011: The Best Gift Ever!
December 19, 2011: Home for the Holy Days!
December 26, 2011: How Could It Be?
January 2, 2012: God hears the cry of the poor…in the New Year of 2012!
January 16, 2012: “What are you looking for?” -Jesus
January 23, 2012: Love of the Poor
January 30, 2012–Review of PACHYDERMS: One Soldier’s Experience of the Vietnam War
February 6, 2012–Everyone is Looking for You!
February 13, 2012–Jesus stretched out His hand and touched me!
February 20, 2012–When You Pray
February 27, 2012: Out in the Desert
March 5, 2012: As a deer longs for flowing streams…
March 26, 2012: Who Touched Me?
April 2, 2012: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY–Enter Into Holy Week!
April 9, 2012: What Just Happened?!
April 16, 2012: God is of Many Colors!
May 7, 2012: Stewards of Compassion!
May 14, 2012: My Garden is Colorful!
May 21, 2012: Stewards of the Voice of God–Are you listening?
May 29, 2012: We Remember, We Celebrate
June 11, 2012: Sometimes Life Flows
June 18, 2012: The Fruit of Silence Is…
July 2, 2012: Don’t Be Afraid! Just Have Faith!
July 23, 2012: Get in the Boat
July 30, 2012: Get Out of the Boat!
August 6, 2012: Looking for Jesus
August 20, 2012: Taste and See the Goodness of the Beloved
August 27, 2012: Reflections on the Beach at Sunrise
September 11, 2012: I Hate War
September 17, 2012: Jesus, Where Are You?
September 26, 2012: What Seems to be a Myth by Which I Personally Live?
October 8, 2012: God is my “i-am-phone”
November 5, 2012: Rising Early
November 12, 2012: Living Veterans
November 19, 2012: Let Us Give Thanks!
November 26, 2012: Advent of Peace
December 4, 2012: Advent–Waiting for the Light!
December 12, 2012: The Pastoral in Counseling
January 24, 2013: What Am I Living for in Detail? What is Keeping Me from Living It?
February 6, 2013: Sometimes the Day Surprises
March 13, 2013: The Back Side of Sunset
March 20, 2013: Prayer of St. Francis
April 17, 2013: Communion of Life
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Father Ron Camarda is a retired Naval Chaplain and author of “Tear in the Desert,” a powerful book containing his memoirs of life and death at the Battle for Fallujah. Father Ron appears on EWTN and recently won the Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of America.









































































