Karen and I would have celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary later this month. She died on May 13, the feast of the Ascension and of
When our churches were closed, I learned to use the Stations of the Cross visibly displayed outside of my local church as a catalyst for
I do not know who the Jones’s are, but I keep hearing how everyone wants to keep up with them. I have to wonder ‘why?’
Since stricter lockdowns were imposed in certain regions of the Philippines two months ago, I’ve thought about how the saints in heaven would have coped
I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC). I bring Holy Communion (Christ truly present in the consecrated Host) to Catholics who are homebound,
With Saint Patrick’s Day having just passed, I was able to reflect on the evolution of my observance of the day. At Catholic elementary and
A few weeks after the world went into lockdown, my wife bought us access to the website MasterClass. I largely ignored it until I saw
Everybody gets the blues. But some people really get the blues in the form of depression. For many people depression involves brain chemistry, which means
To be bitter or better, that is the question. One would think the choice would be easy to make. However, what does our internal will
A young man was diagnosed as schizophrenic at the age of 14. He shortly thereafter developed an addiction to heroin. He had been in and
So who are “victim souls” who defeat Satan? Victim souls are people specifically chosen by the Blessed Virgin Mary to be united with her Son
In 2020 I will celebrate my second Thanksgiving in Italy. The previous year I was fortunate to be invited to two Thanksgiving dinners in Rome,
I once read that the average person looks at his or her phone roughly 100 times a day. This would be an average between an
Call it a “millennial aversion to commitment,” or even weak moral courage, but shortly after coming back to the faith during my freshman year of
Catholics recently celebrated the Feast of St. Padre Pio. Many of us have our stories of his intervention in our lives, but few alive today
The past few months during COVID, everyone has experienced an uptick in suffering. These are difficult times, a time to cling to God. My family
The Corovirus pandemic has seen numerous opinions emerge regarding causes and cures and where it all will end. Both individuals and societies worry and concern
When I opened the letter from my diocese I could not believe my eyes. I had not been accepted into their diaconate formation program. I
I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It stretches out its tentacles and wraps them around those who may have lost a spouse, a
Everyday events bombard us with what seems to be bad news compounded by bad news. Fear becomes more of a factor in our lives. Fear
Have you ever wondered how many Jane and Joe Catholics are walking around, working, raising families, and wrapped up in the day to day who
We know that God is in control of our lives, our families, our nation and our planet. We know that He has promised to come
