Monthly Archives: November 2015

     ‘The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” — G.K. Chesterton Visiting my old home in Bloomfield Hills, … Continue reading →

6:00 am starts my day with an iPad alarm, which usually brings the thought of wait, that must not be the alarm that means it’s time to wake up…although when I’m in my right mind I’m not quite sure what … Continue reading →

My youngest child is a living pause button in my life.  At 6, he is too little to know the pressures and programming of homework and club sports, and too much of a little boy to be stressed out by … Continue reading →

“Suppose that God wishes to fill you with honey; but if you are full of vinegar, where will you put the honey?” – St. Augustine   Today is All Souls’ Day. All the brothers and priests will go to a … Continue reading →

I pray daily for my friends in purgatory, the ones I know and the ones I don’t. Despite the confused and often impoverished religious formation in the 1970’s and 80’s my seventh grade teacher, Sr. Carla, managed to impress on … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered, “Why the Eucharist?” Why did Christ choose the appearance of bread to come to us? To be present on earth?  To remain in our tabernacles? I don’t know, but knowing him – his simplicity, his desire … Continue reading →

Today we celebrate All Saint’s Day! To celebrate today isn’t just about giving honor to those who have made it to heaven, because really what we have to offer adds nothing to the greatness that they already share. Rather today … Continue reading →