Monthly Archives: January 2015

“For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must … Continue reading →

As a priest you are welcomed into the homes of so many families, and each has incredible stories, the kind that never make it to the nightly news. One dad told me of how his family had just moved from … Continue reading →

Donna Garrett shares a reflection upon returning from her most recent mission trip to Haiti… I awoke to that familiar pull on my heart to get up and go because He was waiting for our encounter. I climbed to the … Continue reading →

Right before Christmas, the consecrated in my community and I, along with the Dallas community and individuals from DC, Chicago, and Michigan, had the gift of spending 8 days on retreat. It was my first spiritual exercises in Dickinson, TX, … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, I read that a woman in Kansas City was ordained to the Catholic priesthood. I am skeptical. I’m a pretty observant guy and I’m certain that nothing has changed that would suddenly allow a woman to become … Continue reading →

Happy belated New Year! This past Christmas and New Year, by far, were the strangest I have ever had. Christmas was spent working and then eating grilled chicken, French fries and dancing with my Liberian colleagues and some of the … Continue reading →

“There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior’s Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them … Continue reading →

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government … Continue reading →

“As gifts increase in you, let your humility grow, for you must consider that everything is given to you on loan.” ~Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina It might be helpful to remember that we are all, in a certain sense, … Continue reading →

The Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi have been faced with the sad reality that, at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year, Mater Ecclesiae College (MEC) will close its doors.  This college is the hard earned fruit of many talented … Continue reading →