Monthly Archives: January 2012

I spent the last four days living and teaching at the Legion’s novitiate and college of humanities in Cheshire, CT. My days (sometimes into the evenings) were spent with a couple dozen wonderful young brothers who are humanists.  I think … Continue reading →

“Give me all of you!!! I don’t want so much of your time, so much of your talents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF YOU!! I have not come to torment or frustrate … Continue reading →

“Prayer opens us to receive the gift of God — his wisdom — which is Jesus himself, in order to accomplish the Father’s will in our lives and thus to find rest amidst the hardships of our journey.” (Pope Benedict … Continue reading →

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” ― G.K. Chesterton Inner peace comes with a price. You need to make a conscious decision to take God seriously, to put … Continue reading →

“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” ― G.K. Chesterton Ten years ago, I brought a large group of kids to see Blessed Pope John Paul II in Toronto for World Youth … Continue reading →

“Love begins with a Smile” (Blessed Mother Theresa) I am always amazed how some women can smile and be so giving in spite of carrying so much suffering. My sister in law, Ann Sliney, is an amazing example of joy … Continue reading →