Category Archives: RC Live

We enter these 40 days of Lent contemplating and accompanying Christ entering the desert to be tempted. To do this. we all decide a sacrifice to offer this Lent in reparation for our sins. We offer the sacrifice with the … Continue reading →

Social Media often desensitizes us to sins of the tongue. If everyone else is using swear words and insults against politicians, my mean comment doesn’t seem that negative. But as Christians we are not just called to be better than … Continue reading →

Putting sacristy items away one morning after mass, something caught my eye as I passed by the tabernacle. Was I imagining something, or had I seen a reflection? Those 10 seconds of curiosity became the source of days of prayer: … Continue reading →

…And to dust you shall return. (And if for any reason you forget, everyone who stares at your forehead today will remind you). Our Lord has been leading me to contemplate my creature-ness for the past few weeks. And it … Continue reading →

I propose the following three “sacrifices” for this Lenten Season ahead: 1. Pray more and pray better- perhaps going to daily Mass a few days a week, meditating on Sacred Scripture, making more time for adoration/Eucharistic visits or the daily … Continue reading →

“I want to greet all the grandmothers and grandfathers to thank them for their special place in families and for their importance to the new generations.” (Pope Francis, July 26, 2015) The photo is of the 11 am daily Mass … Continue reading →

Christ meets the disciples, as they caught nothing. When we feel the frustration of not being up to the challenges of life, it is then when Christ wants to come into our boat as He did with the disciples today … Continue reading →

This post originally appeared in the IPS Virtual Chapel Several weeks ago I did a 7 day silent retreat, and the silence was sweet indeed. But maybe silence isn’t even the right word since, to be honest, it wasn’t actually … Continue reading →

If we could see the expression on Christ’s face when we came into his Eucharistic presence, what would it be like, I wonder. Once or twice a month, my community gets out into the Italian countryside on a Saturday to … Continue reading →

“ i Love You mis Queen” A very energetic kindergarten student marched up to me one morning, holding out her hand with a wrinkled post-it note. I was just popping my head into their classroom, but as soon as she … Continue reading →