Pamela Grothaus, ShowMeCatholics

Late blooming Catholic who reverted to the faith in 2010. Wife, mom, daughter, sister, writer and worrywart. She was “woke” before it was a thing with her first column, I’m Awake Now. She believes the Left stole her idea, perverting it, as they do, to describe quite the opposite: people who are dead asleep to reality. She and her husband grew up in Missouri, fell in love, and married in 1977. After 21 moves around the country, they made their way back to the Show Me State just in time to settle in before COVID struck. Bristles at being labeled a "traditional Catholic" since one is either Catholic or is not. Likes talking about herself in the third person. You may occasionally find her on Substack as ShowMeCatholics and on Twitter: @MeCatholics

Latest Articles By Pamela Grothaus, ShowMeCatholics
The Tattoo Grinch and the Giving Tree
The Tattoo Grinch and the Giving Tree
When it comes to our extremely tattooed society, I am the Grinch who hopes to steal the thunder of a trend that has grown exponentially, one young person at a time.
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Make your “first” First Saturday after the Consecration
Make your “first” First Saturday after the Consecration
On this April Fool’s Day — said to have originated with Pope Gregory XII’s calendar that moved the beginning of the year from the Spring Equinox* (around April 1) to January 1, creating much confusion among people accustomed to the old schedule (consider what we’ve gone through with the “Spring forward” and “Fall back” rituals of our time) — let us not be hoodwinked . . .
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The Day After the Consecration of Everything and Everyone
The Day After the Consecration of Everything and Everyone
Reciting my Morning Offering today, as always, I launched into my prayer intentions. For years, first on the list has been “for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary”, and it automatically rolled off my lips this morning. Still foggy headed from sleep, I was jarred into alertness as soon as I heard myself say it . . .
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Do not be misled: This is Our Lady’s moment.
Do not be misled: This is Our Lady’s moment.
As an ardent devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, I’ve been consumed with articles and podcasts about tomorrow’s historic Consecration of Russia/Ukraine. Will it be done as Our Lady requested, with all bishops throughout the world participating in unison? Will it truly be a consecration of Russia? Or will it be yet another watered-down mention, focused on consecrating “humanity”, along with Russia?
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It's Happening
It's Happening
What a difference a day makes, as the old song goes. Yesterday’s angst over whether Pope Francis would command the world’s bishops to join him, in unison, to consecrate Russia/Ukraine in accordance with Our Lady’s request . . . has turned overnight into speculation that the Holy Father’s forthcoming “invitation” to said bishops, announced yesterday, will be ignored by many.
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Open Letter to the World's Bishops: It's your move.
Open Letter to the World's Bishops: It's your move.
Let us not allow yet another pope to make yet another veiled (and failed) attempt to appease Our Lady without fully honoring her request for the consecration of Russia in order to save the world from its errors and their consequences.
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60 Years Later Pope Saint John XXIII trumps Pope Francis
60 Years Later Pope Saint John XXIII trumps Pope Francis
oday as the Church pays homage to In Cathedra S. Petri Apóstolo (the Chair of St. Peter), members of the Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri (FSSP) worldwide are celebrating with relief and gratitude Pope Francis’ February 11 decree providing a seeming exemption from the general provisions of Traditionis Custodes.
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Praying for the Dead, Part Three: Help Them, Help You.
Praying for the Dead, Part Three: Help Them, Help You.
How to make friends with eternal benefits.
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Praying for the Dead, Part Two: Start Early
Praying for the Dead, Part Two: Start Early
When I posted "Praying for the Dead, Part One" about the utter urgency of praying for the faithful departed and the efficacy of the Mass in helping these holy souls, my own mother was two days away from death. Hence, this post will be a slight twist on the topic of praying for dead. Indeed, it can be even more crucial to pray for them while they are dying.
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Praying for the Dead, Part One: When you care enough to send the very best
Praying for the Dead, Part One: When you care enough to send the very best
For a small donation, many Catholic basilicas, shrines and priestly orders will offer Masses for the deceased. Over the past week I received three such mailings, prompting me to write about the grave importance (no pun intended) of praying for the dead.
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Stumbling towards Unity
Stumbling towards Unity
An agenda has twisted Catholic thinking. In fact, it stems from the openly stated agenda of Vatican II’s modernist Churchmen to remove “everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling-block for our separated brethren…”
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Six Ways to Sunday vs. the Way that Really Gets You There
Six Ways to Sunday vs. the Way that Really Gets You There
The ways to salvation appear to be wide and many for Catholics these days. In reality, there is one proven way and those who take it are overwhelmingly Traditional Latin Mass Catholics.
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