Never Give Up

It is time to close out the month of August. The Europeans view September as the beginning of the "social year" and here in the US...

I have written about the miracle of Christian friendship. This unique kind of friendship leads to a unique kind of sharing of life, which St...

Well, the hurricane has come and gone, and most of us have thanked God that it wasn't as bad as it was predicted to be. And in this gest...

One of the miracles of the Church is friendship. When we meet real brothers and sisters in Christ, and we perceive their love for...

Today I was asked what I thought of the coincidence, here in the United States, of that fact that we had an earthquake and are about to have...

The human heart has a desire for truth, for goodness, for justice, for love, for beauty; these are the fundamental needs inscribed in every ...

" The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried ." - G.K. Chesterton I...

On the whole, it really wasn't a big deal. In fact, I hope that the world doesn't think that we East Coast Americans are insensiti...

We have unwelcome guests in our house. There is a mouse, at least one mouse--probably more--running about our living space these past 24 h...

I am always struck by how much Mary is invoked in the Eastern Byzantine liturgy (which is such a contrast to the Roman liturgy, which rarely...

The Byzantine tradition celebrates an octave of the Dormition of the Theotokos (i.e. the Assumption). So today is the Fourth Day of the Cel...

There's our Teresa, playing with Josefina. Teresa is eight years old. She is the lively, cheerful mischief-maker in the house. She is al...

It's hard not to think about political, social, and cultural concerns these days. And a Catholic Christian is naturally inclined to try ...

Byzantine Christians have been observing a two week fast in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Assumption in...

The starting point is experience. Not what you feel, but experience, which is what you feel judged by criteria of the heart [the need for tr...

In our family, the Rosary at the end of the day is more than just a special time for this very precious and beautiful common prayer. "R...

Today the Roman calendar observes the memorial of St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, known in the world as Edith Stein. Hers is a great sto...

With Christ I am nailed to the cross. It is now no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in the flesh, I ...

Transfiguration. A glimpse of glory. The voice of the Father: "This is my Beloved Son." How could Jesus have made Himself more ...

My own trials have opened my eyes, my ears, and my heart to something I never noticed in my youth.  Maybe it is because I have finally start...