Monthly Archives: August 2012

“What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language he best hears is silent love.” St John of the Cross, OCD I … Continue reading →

August 15 is an important day in the Fair home.  Yes, like every other practicing Catholic family, we know this is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It also is the birthday of my daughter, Adrienne. Baby Adrienne is … Continue reading →

“It is hard to have patience with people who say, ‘There is no death’ or ‘Death doesn’t matter.’ There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might … Continue reading →

“For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Removing mountains can wait.” ― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer “Not my will but your will be done.” (Lk 22: 42). We all have burdens. … Continue reading →

The Church has 20 centuries of experience. I have a quarter century of experience. When it comes to time-intensive, prayerful, and weighty projects, I would much prefer the Church’s leadership to my own. The Church with all her experience is … Continue reading →

“God does not abandon us, but he does allow us to be tried. Just as the juice of the grape has to ferment in order to become a fine wine, so too man needs purifications and transformations; they are dangerous … Continue reading →

Far from India, in the suburbs of Chicago, lives a faithful Catholic couple named James and Kathleen Littleton.  They have an amazing marriage.  (Click here to read the articles about them on the Regnum Christi website…)  They discerned a call … Continue reading →

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta “Man cannot live without love.  He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to … Continue reading →

We are the light to reach this world. We are the salt preserving these souls. Let’s show them the love that we’ve received now. We are (we are) in desperation We need to reach this generation We are speaking louder … Continue reading →

I’m a simple man.  And to me, the Christian faith is simple. But as a rule, we humans are a complex group and we tend to make things complicated.  So there are libraries full of books on Christianity and brilliant … Continue reading →