May the Lord give you His peace! iPhone, iChat, Skype, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, e-mail, blackberry, telephone, web-site, group chat, etc. So many different ways we have developed to keep in touch and communicate with one another. In this age of communication and hi-tech, I keep reflecting on the readings of the [...]

I received the following poem from Pax Christi USA through Facebook.
The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  As the holy season of Advent draws to a close and the incredible season of Christmas begins, I find myself reflecting on this four week journey.  Since I was in college, I have treasured this little book entitled Encounters with Silence.  I pick it up several times during [...]

Of all the titles for our Lady, the one that I have the most devotion to is Our Lady of Guadalupe whose feast we celebrate today. She appeared to an Indian, St. Juan Diego in 1531 on Mount Tepeyac, just outside of Mexico City. I made my first (and hopefully not my [...]

Twenty-eight years ago today, I was a high school student in Long Island, NY. I was a Catholic kid in a Catholic school in suburban New York. Twenty eight years ago today, for North American missionaries in El Salvador were murdered. Their witness then had a profound impact on my life. Their witness still has [...]