Monthly Archives: October 2011

“Take this all of you and eat it, this is my body which will be given up for you.”  (Mt 26: 26) Only a priest can celebrate Mass and hear Confessions.  One of our Legionary priests was asked to serve … Continue reading →

“Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed.  People who pray are not wasting their time, even though the situation appears desperate and seems to call for action alone.” (Pope Benedict XVI, … Continue reading →

As the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary dawns, I am inspired to reflect on the meaning of this, our Mother’s prayer. First, it is interesting to think about the name “Rosary,” which means a “garland” or “garden” of … Continue reading →

“Listen regularly every day as if he were the one friend who does not deceive, the one with whom we wish to share the path of life. Of course, you know that when we do not walk beside Christ our guide, … Continue reading →

In The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Flemming gets separated from his unit and back behind the lines. An old man helps the young soldier find his unit again, even holding his hand. Stephen Crane ends with the following haunting … Continue reading →

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”— St. Francis of Assisi During one of my recent visits to DC, a female security guard was sitting on a bench and looked a little downcast.  She saw me walking … Continue reading →

“Let us thank God that he makes us live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre.”  (Pope Pius XI) When I was a Sophomore at Michigan State University, one of my friends played a … Continue reading →

Yesterday I brought some of my students from Immaculate Conception Academy to a local parish to help out with CCD. I comfortably settled down to get some really overdue letters written (yes, I still believe in hand-written letters; I’m a … Continue reading →

“Dear Lord…shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul…Let me thus praise you in the way you love best, by shining on those around me.” … Continue reading →