SPIRITUALITY & DEVOTION

ESCAPING THE BACKLINE IN DODGEBALL

Growing up I was small, and a mediocre athlete. I still loved to compete and play games, but due to my athletic disadvantage to...

QUIET HIDDEN GIFT OF ADVENT

We’ve entered into the Advent season, and it never fails: every single year, God brings me back to the same lesson of patience and...

MY GRANDPA AND HIS DOGS

My grandfather was a good man. He was a simple man. He had a tradition that I could not understand as a little kid....

DEEPENING OUR COMMUNICATION WITH GOD

The Catechism instructs us about three distinct, yet related expressions of prayer in the Christian tradition: vocal prayer, meditative prayer, and contemplative prayer.1 To...

IT’S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION

The fundamental building block of society is communication. Whether it be verbal or nonverbal, in order for multiple persons to exist in communion with...

SIMPLY HAVING AN IMPERFECT CHRISTMASTIME

Christmas is all about family: Jesus’s earthly family, your family, our broader Church family, and God’s family extended across time. And family is messy....

CRYING OVER A LION

My wife and I are reading the Chronicles of Narnia to our children who are eight and five years old. We started to read...

THE ULTIMATE PROJECT: CONFESSION

Recently, our life has been rather busy. I always say that reluctantly because I know people with busier schedules (and more kids) have it...

ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE

“You’ve got to be bloomin’ joking! They don’t even know who Aslan is!” “Change the channel!”  “We have got ears, saaaay cheers!” “Change the channel!”  “Rodgers drops back…” “Change...

INDULGENCIAS PARA LAS SANTAS ALMAS DEL PURGATORIO EN EL...

El mes de noviembre ocupa un lugar especial en la vida de la Iglesia. Nos invita a reflexionar sobre la comunión de los santos...

‘TIS THE SEASON

It’s only mid-November, but everywhere I look, the Christmas season has already begun. Costco had their holiday section out even before the official start...

BECOMING AN MLB PLAYER & A SAINT

The World Series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays was an incredible display of baseball. There were incredible defensive plays and timely hitting...

WHEN OUR GROWN CHILDREN STILL NEED US

This past week, my son lost his beloved dog, Koda. She was only seven years old, but in those seven years she had become...

A BENEDICTINE EXPERIENCE

Nestled in the foothills of the Apennine mountains is a small, medieval walled town. Near the central piazza, down a narrow, cobblestone street, is...

SIMPLE WAYS TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE TO GOD

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful… And...