Monthly Archives: February 2011

Unlike my usual entries where I have a brief reflection on seminary life, I want to pass on a little story another Legionary sent me. It is a great example of creativity in evangelizing that I think is appropriate for … Continue reading →

     “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” Gal. 5: 14      Once a month, our High School team organizes a “door to door” food drive in the … Continue reading →

If someone asked you what makes a religious different, how would you answer? Well, nuns and monks, they wear special clothes. Religious don’t get married and they live in communities. I think the real difference is that we have been … Continue reading →

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)      Several years ago, after a talk on marriage, a woman commented that her husband had the habit of leaving cabinet doors open.  She felt that he was intentionally doing this and … Continue reading →

“Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God, still bearing fruit when they are old, still full of sap, still green, to proclaim that the Lord is just; in him, my rock, there is no wrong. ” … Continue reading →

All my life, I have lived with snow. Growing up in Canada, I think snow fell in 10 out of 12 months at least once and you could always look out to see it on the mountains. As a Legionary, … Continue reading →

“For I know well the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call to me, when you go to pray to … Continue reading →

“Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly, not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock. 1 Peter 5: 2-3      During a recent … Continue reading →

Here in Rome, we just finished our exams.  But what is more important to some is that we just finished our fubito tournament. (Fubito is basically soccer in a hockey rink with Astroturf instead of ice.) My team won the … Continue reading →

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.” – Zechariah 4:6       I recently asked a group of Jr. LTP kids (3rd and 4th graders) who was the toughest kid in the room.  Most … Continue reading →