As we begin a new year, we fill ourselves with hope and create lists of all the things we want to do. We plan for things we didn’t do before and set out to meet our personal goals. The reality is that not everything turns out as we expected, because […]

So often, this time of year – especially these days in New England! – makes us want to ‘hunker down’ and practically ‘hibernate’ due to the many cold dreary days and only ‘slightly’ longer days of sunlight. Yet, this should not be so with the Christian, and this certainly would […]

I love friendship bracelets. I love that they are sort of an invitation to talk to strangers and make new friends. I love that you can put words in them; words that have meaning like favorite songs, artists’ names, or, in my case, my core values. I have five friendship […]

Given our recent celebration of Christmas, I think it’s worth peering a bit into the mystery of this holy day and season. The Church always seeks to speak to us in a symbolic language, so that through signs and symbols, we can come to see what would otherwise be hidden […]

As I was preparing for the seasons of Advent and Christmas, my heart kept leading me to meditate on Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. Too often it is romanticized in a way that the real weight and significance of the story is diminished. The reality is that the circumstances of the […]

On the evening of January 29th, 2024, I was driving home from Boston when I felt the urge to stop and get some dinner. I didn’t really want to take the time to stop, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to stop.  Despite my exhaustion and determination […]

With just a few days left until Christmas, my gaze turns toward the Holy Family of Nazareth and my own family. I realize how much I have been given. I grew up surrounded by hugs and days that seemed endless; where laughter blended with the daily chores and the nights […]

In my personal list of virtues, you’d have to bow your eyes pretty low to find the word ‘patience.’ Growing up, the expression ‘we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it’ was used more often than ‘go brush your teeth’ or ‘what’s the magic word?’ It was evident from […]

We tell people we’re hoping for four kids, and suddenly, it’s like we announced we’re starting a soccer team. Friends with one or no kids just laugh and say, ‘No way! The factory is closed! No more for us!’ Even so, we’re like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re aiming for four kids.’ […]

It’s hard to believe that the season of Advent is already upon us!  During Advent we are asked to pray more often and more fervently, seek forgiveness and be more forgiving of others, and prepare for the coming of our Lord by making sacrifices and doing good works.  While we […]