Monthly Archives: October 2016

Who says a fourteen-year-old can’t be a great saint? Not our Holy Father. This Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize – officially declare a “saint” – one very special fourteen-year-old, José Sánchez del Río. José is patron of both boys’ and … Continue reading →

The rosary is a very easy prayer to “do” rather than “pray.” I was sitting on the plane the day after Christmas as a sixteen-year old waiting on the runway to take off. I was on my way to visit … Continue reading →

Americans are asking this day how is that we have come to this place in our history where we are choosing between people who demonstrate narcissistic behavior and are proven public liars, both of whom are banking on the voters … Continue reading →

“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and … Continue reading →

The God Who loved us first gives us every good gift. In fact, we truly “cannot give what we do not have.” This truth came home to me in a particular way recently as I struggled to express to two … Continue reading →

“You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.” — St. Teresa of Avila Do you ask God for great things? Being a Campus Minister is no easy thing. There are countless requests on a daily basis to pray for … Continue reading →

I am not a poet nor a writer. I love a good poetic outflow when I hear one, but I have to be honest: I’m not the type to grab a poetry book and go sit out on a rock … Continue reading →

The story that Christ gives about the master who asks his servant to serve him seems to have nothing to do with the petition of the disciples increase their faith. Through this story which seems so obvious, Christ shows us that also faith … Continue reading →