Category Archives: RC Live

“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 →

“Pope Francis…I love Pope Francis.. I love Jesus.. I love Pope Francis ….”  this is what people heard as we marched down the city streets of Philadelphia during the World Meeting of Families. We made quite a stir. People pulled … Continue reading →

Guarding 40 donuts that are hanging on a string at the front door of a school at dismissal time. Funniest. Job. Ever. About 100 kids walked by asking how much the donuts cost, and I got to practice my Spanish … Continue reading →

“Exult and proclaim… that the Lord has delivered his people” (first October 25). God has freed us and given us New Life! This should be our source of joy and reason to rejoice. In order to know that we have … Continue reading →

“If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over FOR US all, how will he not also give us EVERYTHING else along with him?” Romans 8:31-32  St. … Continue reading →

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water … Continue reading →

A new study finds evidence that watching Sesame Street has about the same benefit for kids as going to preschool. This could change everything. I went to preschool when I was a little darling. They didn’t have Sesame Street back … Continue reading →