Royal Envy
Answered prayers are so easy to recognize when the answer is ‘yes.’ But when God answers our longings with ‘no’ or ‘not yet’ we can easily fall victim to the idea that our prayers aren’t being...
View ArticleShaving Sin
Yesterday, my 17 year old son shaved his face and cut his hair for the first time in months. The transformation was dramatic and complete: from a wild looking thuggish character to a clean-cut...
View ArticleHosting Jesus
Somehow I did not inherit my mother’s phenomenal hospitality genes. While my mom and my little sister gracefully and effortlessly host gatherings of all sizes, and entertain like professional...
View ArticleTotal Consecration Through Lent
Discerning ways to grow closer to Christ through the season of Lent takes perseverance. Myriad distractions seem to constantly erupt and attempt to block my good intentions, even of making a simple...
View ArticleAngels for the Homebound
Taking Holy Communion to sick and homebound Catholics brings great grace and joy even in the face of serious illness, staggering pain or impending death. The spiritual benefits of homebound communion...
View ArticleComments Pending
I am used to being ignored, in a way that many parents may find familiar, as in having to ask repeatedly before a dishwasher gets unloaded, or a dog gets fed or a load of trash gets hauled to the bin....
View ArticleFirst Impressions
The long wait lifted, our new priest processed up the aisle, flanked by a full team of altar servers. His demeanor solemn and reverent, his calm voice betraying the internal nervousness he must have...
View ArticleParenting with Peace, Joy and Wit
Catholic parenting is a tough business, and we need all the help we can get in raising our children to be holy. Daily, I employ the assistance of the saints and angels in heaven and my saintly...
View ArticleGod Loves A Cheerful Giver
Bidding my oldest son farewell in a parking lot at the University of Notre Dame and beginning a 2,500 mile drive home without him is a moment I will cherish as a right of passage for both of us. This...
View ArticleExtraordinary Flight
Booking our round trip flights to New Hampshire for a campus visit to Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, my seventeen year old son and I selected isle seats for maximum comfort. Through divine...
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