Category Archives: RC Live

What do you see Mary? What does the world look like through your eyes? How do you see pain, suffering, and loneliness? How do you see struggle and difficulty? How did your life change from the experience of holding baby … Continue reading →

Have you ever experienced something that was so unique, so vivid, so moving that putting it into words only seems to diminish it? That’s kind of how I feel as I struggle to put into words what the last three … Continue reading →

There is a scene from the film “The Passion of the Christ” that often comes back to my memory during Holy Week: Mary, seeing Jesus crushed under the weight of the cross, hastens to comfort him, and he turns to … Continue reading →

A short contemplation for your Holy Week. I want to share with you some statues of Jesus’ Passion and death that I have come across during my short time in Spain. Below are the images (and a song) with the … Continue reading →

“Fr. Michael, I have tried to live my life with dignity, and I think that I have done a good job.  Now, I am going to try to die with dignity.  I have never done this before, so I am asking for … Continue reading →

“See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wastelands, rivers” (Isaiah 43:19). I am making all things new… Do you not perceive it? Where … Continue reading →

7 Tips for a Strong Marriage 1. Christ needs to be “first” and at the center: Frequent Mass, regular Confession, and personal prayer are essential for gaining the necessary graces for a strong unity and charity in marriage. 2. Marital … Continue reading →

My History of the Church class is, at times, quite amusing. Today it evoked a few smiles from the professor and students alike, especially from the international students. When you study ancient and medieval history of the Church (or regular … Continue reading →

What is it that happens when I contemplate Christ crucified? Something in me- deep in my being, my soul- is activated. I no longer experience fear, worry, and passing things weighing me down. Somehow I am lifted above that because … Continue reading →

“Give us Lord a strong heart like that of the Virgin Mary, so that we can consecrate our lives to you, and thus we will see that everything becomes new in you, Lord. Gives us power to unite ourselves to … Continue reading →