The early days of television gave us a perfect family series to model family life. Leave it to Beaver provided a perfectly dressed dad and mom who handled their everyday family problems of their two trouble-prone children, Beaver and Wally, in one weekly thirty-minute segment...........…
Come on in! There’s plenty of room inside!
During the four weeks before Christmas, many churches put on Christmas pageants in which the story of the birth of Jesus is acted out, usually by young children. One of my favorite Christmas stories is about one of those Christmas pageants. It took place in a small Church in a little village somewhere in New England. You may have heard it too..........…
Once Upon A Time
We all have probably heard this spoken to us at some point during our lives as children, listening attentively as our parents, grandparents, or other loved ones recited fairy tales to us at our bedside, lulling us to sleep with tales of enchanted kingdoms, charming princes and dastardly villains, wizards and magical spells..............…
Self-Possession: The Perfect Gift
Why “Amazing Grace” is best suited for Christmas.
Christ the King
The Church concludes its liturgical year with the feast of Christ the King. The kind of “king” that Jesus was reveals the kind of disciple that we are called to be. Jesus came to give new life, to forgive sins, to reveal the depth of God’s love for us, and to uplift our spirits and sights to God.................…
“Let it Begin with Me…”
Arms of Charity
Have You Ever Experienced a Life-Changing Event?
The Saints were what we are now
Go It Alone
Running Toward the Horizon
Are we competing with our neighbors or helping them?
Little Deeds
St. Francis de Sales was a gifted spiritual guide. Beginners on the spiritual journey often thought that “bigger was better.” Long vigils, prolonged fasting, harsh disciplines and hair-shirts—these are the kinds of spiritual practices that they thought people who aspired to holiness ought to practice.............…