“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” (Matt 11:3). Does this question, uttered by John the Baptist from a prison cell, surprise us? After all, John leapt in his mother’s womb at the mere arrival of Mary, pregnant with the child ...
Join me on the journey of a lifetime Sept. 30 to Oct. 11, 2024! La Dolce Vita: An Italian Pilgrimage of Food, Faith & Culture will take us from Rome to ...
My feature essay from the January 2024 issue of Give Us This Day:
A fresh span of twelve months stretches out before us now, like a blank canvas daring ...
A Christmas poem written by Madeleine L'Engle in 1973 but sounding incredibly timely for all of us living in a troubled world today:
This is no time for a ...
For those who frequent this blog, you know my annual end-of-year rallying cry has always been: ReVolution, not resolution! Why? Because resolutions don't ...
I have to share my big news: I'm leaving my position as Director of Communications for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany after almost seven years. What's ...
Regular readers of this blog know that I am not a fan of the standard new year's resolution approach to life. Losing 10 pounds, exercising more often, ...
For the longest time, I considered myself more of a Lent person than an Advent person. The journey through the desert felt familiar, the three-prong practice ...
'Tis the season to decorate, shop, wrap, bake... Nope! This season of Advent is made for just the opposite: waiting, anticipating, resting, praying. It's a ...
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
"Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they ...
