My latest (and seventh) book of seasonal Scripture reflections — Waiting in Joyful Hope: Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas 2025-2026 — has recently been released by Liturgical Press. Here are the opening paragraphs of my introduction to this new ...
When I was in Guatemala on retreat earlier this month, I was humbled and heartened by the visible presence of Lent not just in churches but on storefronts ...
My reflection on today's Scripture readings in the March issue of Give Us This Day:
At some point or another, most of us have been blamed for something we ...
This Soul Seeing column appeared in the March 9 issue of the National Catholic Reporter:
Air travel is not for the faint of heart. Although I don't have ...
As I settled into my pew at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago one recent Sunday morning, I gazed up at the beautiful interior, a feast for the eyes, and hoped ...
When I saw these jellyfish at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, I was mesmerized. Apparently, so was everyone else, because the crowd around their tank was ...
Full disclosure: I was never a big Carlos Santana fan. Okay, I wasn't really a fan at all. That is unless Rob Thomas was singing as Santana played. But then ...
As I paddled a kayak across the crystal-clear water of an Adirondack lake on a gorgeous Friday afternoon recently, I turned to my paddling partner and said, ...
How often do we, like the scribe in today’s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: “I will follow you wherever you go”? We may have the best of intentions and ...
As I was sipping coffee on the deck this morning, phone in hand, crossword puzzle in front of me, I suddenly stopped and looked up. In that moment, ...
