On February 4th, 1982, I was diagnosed with cancer.  Back then, there was no cure for my type of cancer.  There was, however, an experimental treatment program, which I entered the next day.   Fortunately, after one year of treatment, I was in remission.  After 10 years in remission, I […]

How do you become a better individual?  By learning from your mistakes and challenges, while always looking to improve, rebuild and be better. In life we all get an opportunity to reflect, discern and look for second chances. How do you do this as a married couple?We all know that […]

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build […]

“Long lay the world in sin and error pining, til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.” Christmas blessings to all! The famous Christmas song, “O Holy Night” contains one of my favorite lines that beautifully reminds us of God’s infinite love and mercy! Looking beyond the uncertainty, sadness, […]

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent, which means … only one week until Christmas! “Huh?” You say, “Not yet, there is too much to do before Christmas!” Well, the thought that Christmas is all but ‘around the corner’ might invoke varying levels of anxiety in the hearts of parents […]

The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe was yesterday, December 12th.  This day holds significance for all of us at Build the Faith, because it is the day Christina was diagnosed and began her journey of faith.  Though I have been Catholic my entire life, it wasn’t until I […]

I would like to share with you a small reflection I have made about the youth of today, starting with a couple of quotations that I found almost by chance online. One says: “Our world has reached a critical stage; there is no longer any relationship between children and their […]

On November 27th, 1830, the Virgin Mary appeared to a religious girl named Catherine Labouré (today a Saint), who saw her on top of a globe, carrying in her hands a golden sphere, like an offering to heaven. The Virgin explained that the sphere represented the entire world. In her […]

The night is dominated by silence and my internal peace is fused with the surrounding tranquility. I have learned to appreciate the gifts of solitude: in it, I find the space for prayer. If light is the lack of darkness, also our internal peace is the absence of worldly distractions. […]

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)When I was a child, I remember reading these words from Christ and being so confused.  Blessed are those who mourn…really?  I could easily understand how peacemakers and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness could be consider blessed, […]