Pope Benedict XVI released a video in anticipation of his upcoming visit to the United States. Here’s an abbreviated version of the video via YouTube. The pope ...
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Noah served at Mass for the first time today, and I have to say that I was so proud I was just beaming. That’s him in the photo above with our pastor, Father ...
The Curt Jester reviewed my book today, telling readers that it is “a quite useful addition to the number of books concerning the Catechism.” If you want to ...
The snow drops started blooming in our backyard this week, a sure sign that spring is finally here, even if winter decides to rear its head a few more times ...
Today is one of those days when I feel as though the soundtrack of my life ought to be that annoying and incessant beeping noise that is the hallmark of the ...
The re-entry period after my retreat was not as smooth as I would have liked. After 26 hours of prayer and reflection, I was submerged back into the craziness ...
When I first signed up to attend the Women’s Cornerstone Retreat sponsored by my parish this weekend, I decided it would be a warm-up to a “real” retreat later ...
I recently had the opportunity to interview Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, author of the newly released Catholic Saints Prayer Book: Moments of Inspiration From ...
My friend Anna Foster took the picture above at left, featuring a Euphorbia milii, also known as a Crown of Thorns or a Christ Plant. Aside from being a ...
If you happened to read the brief “profile” on me in today’s Times Union(and even if you didn’t), I would like to give you the “director’s cut,” the full and ...
Father forgive them, they know not what they do...
We see Jesus on the cross today and hear him forgiving his persecutors, forgiving us. It is a powerful scene, ...
The beauty and awe of the Mass of the Last Supper is behind us now. We are waiting and watching, trying -- perhaps unsuccessfully, like the apostles -- to stay ...
This is a day of darkness. Judas’ hour of truth. The scariest part of this day, I think, is the realization that Judas is in all of us. So often we look at ...
I thought today was going to be a really good day, at least in a spiritual sense. I went to Morning Prayer and Mass at my parish, something I almost never do on ...
It’s late and I’m exhausted, but I have to take a few minutes to say thank you to all of you who came out to my book release and signing party on Saturday at ...
Can you believe tomorrow is Palm Sunday? Where did this Lent go? Today, because I’m super busy getting ready for my book release party in just a few hours, I ...
Several people have asked for my mother’s Irish Soda Bread recipe. So here it is, in time for the liturgical observance of St. Patrick’s feast day, which is ...
I was talking with a priest and a bishop at Public Policy Day in New York’s State Capital yesterday when the subject of the Pew Forum’s recent survey came up. ...
Chiara and I were early picking Noah up from play practice at school today. She asked me if we could walk through the church instead of walking around the ...
Yesterday I was working on some writing jobs, all of them about God and faith and people who have given their lives to living out the Gospel in fairly radical ...