Luceat!

October 7th marks the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on the liturgical calendars.  I thought it would be good for us to take a moment and reflect upon the importance of the Rosary in the life of a Christian.
In recent years the Rosary has become the topic of much debate among scholars and […]

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Several years ago, on a retreat in Assisi, I heard a story about St. Francis of Assisi (whose feast it is today) that has inspired me ever since. As the story goes, St. Francis was walking on the road to another monastery with Brother Leo. It was winter and bitterly cold. St. […]

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That archetypal dad, St. Joseph, has been portrayed in various stages of adulthood: the young laborer in his workshop, sweating to provide for his holy family; the middle-aged man silently observing a conversation between Our Lord and the Blessed Virgin; the elderly man on his death bed, accompanied by a youthful Christ and a twentysomething […]

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Let us enter Joseph’s Workshop in Nazareth, where we find him working hard and a little lad by his side. This youngster is our Lord Jesus. He is holding the lamp for Joseph and handing him the proper tools when Joseph sticks out his hand. From time to time Joseph would hand Jesus the saw […]

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“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68) St. Peter said these words to our Lord right after many of Jesus’ followers choose to leave His side after he taught about the Eucharist. I could guess that much grief went through the heart of Jesus […]

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Jesus Christ is alive and well! He still lives among us today and still works in lives of His creation. “From age to age you gather a people to yourself, so that from east to west a perfect offering may be made to the glory of your name.” We hear these words during the Eucharist […]

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