“Daddy, what bead are we on?” is a question I am asked frequently by my two oldest sons during our nighttime rosary. It is a question that at first perturbed me, but the more they asked the question, the more I fell in love with them asking the question. Their little...
A newly ordained priest just became the parochial vicar at the parish where he grew up. The new priest was so nervous at his first Sunday Mass that he could hardly get through his first homily. During the week, the young priest went to the Pastor of the parish, an old...
If you know your Catholic feasts, memorials, and solemnities, you have been waiting for this week with great anticipation. There are times throughout the year we have great feasts back to back, but I am not sure there is a week like the one from September 29 to...
Recently, I was on Facebook when I noticed funny things that people around my Mom’s age do on Facebook. Mom is a Baby Boomer. Everyone knows a Boomer—we work with them, we know them from church, or we were raised by them. For four years, I worked with Boomers every...
On Sunday, May 7, while on vacation with my family in Massachusetts, we decided to go to Mass at Most Holy Trinity Monastery, home to the Maronite Monks of Adoration. We were in Massachusetts to visit my wife’s sister and her family. She and her husband are Godparents...
