For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God…
But Who’s My Brother?!?
Ahhh! The Easter season. I love it: buds peeking their way through the cold damp ground, longer days, and milder weather. It’s almost as if everyone comes out of hiding from the dark winter and into the brighter days of…
A Winning Team: Pope Francis and Our Lady
What is the one thing that Pope Francis is rarely without? Hint: He always brings it with him and is seen wearing it in the majority of his pictures. Give up? It’s his smile. Do an Internet search of images…
Turning the Other Cheek
But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly. To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present…
Romance Has No Reason
I don’t believe the cultural attack on marriage is an accident. While we are making progress as a culture in some areas like respect for unborn life, there is little question that we are losing the importance of marriage. There…
Mandatory – Be Gone
A list of synonyms for the word mandatory includes compulsory, obligatory, requisite, binding, fixed, and set. It is a strong word, not to be used lightly and certainly not to be used unless it is accurate describing something. I propose…
From Hub to Heart, via Medjugorje
At the Catholic Men’s Conference in Boston in 2010, Andy LaVallee met Jim Caviezel, not knowing he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of Christ. Jim dared Andy to go with him to Medjugorje, an obscure, poor village in Croatia. For…
Jesus I Trust In You
Today is Holy Saturday, a day of silence a day of waiting, a day of trusting. This is the day we remember how Christ trusted in the promise of God, His Father, following His will into death on the Cross,…
Love from a Cross
It is often said that God writes straight with crooked lines. This is Lent, a time of conversion and if the Almighty has ever peered down and saw a more crooked line – it’s me, folks! Fortunately, I’m in good…
Failure on the Faith Journey
I don’t know about you, but I am constantly confronted by my own failure on this journey of faith. Sometimes it even feels like all of my efforts to holiness end in failure. Looking back on my life, there are…