Writer Eric Sammons offers a brief review of my "Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass" in the latest issue of Our Sunday Visitor. Here's what he had ...
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My OSV Daily Take post from yesterday:A couple of events this week got me thinking about my own mortality. First, I spent some time visiting a friend who is ...
Here's my post from OSV Daily Take today:I'm not one for pithy quotes posted on big signs outside churches. I typically find them distracting at best or silly ...
My son, my oldest child, will graduate from our parish school in a few weeks and head to the public high school. The very large and intimidating (but ...
I've been thinking a lot about the whole Rapture frenzy and why it seemed to take on a life of its own. Certainly in the world of Facebook and Twitter it did. ...
When we decided to move back to New York from Texas 10 years ago, there were a couple of reasons. First, all of the grandparents live in New York and New ...
I don't know about you, but I have a hard time with the Rosary. I am Rosary-challenged. But I recently reviewed four books that look at the Rosary from ...
Happy anniversary to us. Sixteen years ago today, Dennis and I were married at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in the Bronx. And what a lovely day it was. ...
I've been awake since 4:30 a.m., which seems appropriate somehow on this day of watching and waiting. The rain is coming down. The sun has not made an ...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y.Father forgive them, they know not what they do...We see Jesus on the cross today and hear him forgiving ...
Today I'm guest blogging over at Sarah Reinhard's blog, SnoringScholar.com. I'll start you here...By Mary DeTurris PoustMy teenage son came home from school ...
My post from OSV Daily Take today:In case you missed it, the New York Times ran a front-page story on the new translation of the Roman Missal in yesterday's ...
I'm cutting it close to the wire this year with my annual plug for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which is celebrated in March. I thought about ...
A sure sign of spring in upstate New York is the arrival of the snow drops, the first tiny flowers to emerge from the cold, dark earth. I snapped that picture ...
My latest "Life Lines" column is now up at Catholic New York. I'll start you off here:When I went to my local YMCA this week, I ran into a man from my parish, ...
If you click on the AOL homepage today, you'll find Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York giving web visitors a great explanation of what this season of Lent is ...
I am going to admit right up front that I am a huge fan of Lent, always have been. It's my kind of season. Perhaps that makes me weird, but it's true. For me ...
Lent is one of those seasons that always begins with the best of intentions and rapidly goes downhill, at least that’s how it usually plays out for me.I plan to ...
Here's the view from my "office" today. The snow may be coming down like crazy, but the temperatures are warm enough that I can get the three-season sun porch ...
My post from OSV Daily Take today:My spiritual reading this morning was taken from none other than U2 frontman Bono. I wanted to pull one great quote for you to ...