I can think of no better way to rejoice in Jesus’ Resurrection and to continue the great celebration of Easter than to mark Divine Mercy Sunday with a remembrance of our beloved and beautiful Christina Dangond. Most all of us know Christina’s favorite prayer and one she repeated daily, despite […]

What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in the semblance of a gardener, God walked again in the garden, in the cool, not of the evening, but of the dawn. (C.K. Chesterton) When I read […]

Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?)  Familiar words? Yes, and we will hear them this Palm Sunday in the beautiful liturgy of the Passion of the Lord when the Gospel of Saint John’s accounting of Christ’s Passion is proclaimed aloud in parts: Jesus, […]

There is nothing you could ever do to make God stop loving you.  This is something that was said during a prayer group meeting I attended almost 10 years ago.  Though it seems quite obvious to me now, the time I first heard those words I can tell you that […]

Even though this is a topic that few like discussing, death is an imminent reality. When people die, their loved ones send messages on cards or chisel on tombstones expressions of what the person meant to them, including some of the person’s qualities or deeds. Now let’s suppose that your […]

Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ (Luke 23: 34)Yesterday was the birthday of my precious daughter Christy, who left to be with the Lord 3 years ago.  Every time I think about her, an ocean of nostalgia washes over me and a mysterious happiness envelops my soul. […]

Acedia is a Greek word that means sadness, sloth, or lack of interest in spiritual things.  In the Bible translated from the Greek, we can find passages about this in both the Old and New Testaments. The fathers of the desert referred to acedia as the “Midday Devil” since it […]

This seems to be a great year to grow in our devotions and faith! Even in the midst of a year dedicated to the Eucharist, for our surprise Pope Francis also announced a year dedicated to Saint Joseph! Isn’t it a banquet for our souls? Last May on the Feast of […]

Saint Joseph is an especially big deal this year. Pope Francis announced almost two months ago that from December 8, 2020 until December 8, 2021 would be a year dedicated to Saint Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus Christ. The announcement coincides with the 150th anniversary of […]