Never Give Up

This is the last blog post of 2011. Since I shall take tomorrow off, I'll wish everyone a Happy New Year. Tomorrow is also the joyful ce...

I'm looking over a year of work on this blog. I think of the possibility of working the "best of" this material into some kind...

O Christ, what shall we offer You for Your coming on earth as a man for our sake? Every creature that has its being from You gives thank...

Pondering during the Christmas season.... Many are burdened with economic worries. Certainly, we are! The way of life to which we are all ...

Christmas day for the Janaros was truly "merry." It was peaceful and blessed, cheerful and fun, and touched with a longing, an ex...

"Daddy, I'm afraid to go into the potty," said Josefina. "Why, honey?" "I don't want to be all by mysel...

I exhort my children to strength of virtue and feats of courage that I do not myself possess. Just think of what the world would be like if ...

Thirteen years ago she came into the world. She has always been a beautiful soul. Agnese, my "little bundle of sweetness," my ...

I have been wounded by Him in the night, I have contended with Him, and He has blessed me. Now I go through my days, wounded and limping...

There is a smell coming from the kitchen tonight. It's a meaty smell, with cinnamon and eggplant and onions and mysterious, wonderful sp...

I gave the kids the job of writing the blog tonight, and they have provided their own details about life with Alex. This is a collective eff...

      Reason is the need to understand existence, that is, the need for an adequate, total explanation of existence. This explanation cannot...

What went on here tonight, during the long December stretch between after dinner darkness and bedtime? The men got haircuts. Yes, Eileen d...

I'm supposed to write about Alex the kitten. The kids have been bugging me for weeks. I may let them write an entry of their own if t...

The words of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego (as presented in the Nican Mopohua ): "Do know this, do be assured of it in yo...

What did Mary ask St. Juan Diego to tell the bishop? She said she wanted him to build her a "little house" where she could give al...

I think that St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin is one of the greatest saints of all time. It is his hiddenness; he is almost invisible behind t...

When others speak against me, I can be weighed down by the fear that they somehow define who I am (and this is especially true when I fear t...

Today is a happy day for our family. Teresa Janaro, our fourth child, is nine years old today. Happy birthday Teresa! My dear, affectionate,...

     Fear is not a human being's first sentiment. It is attraction. Fear emerges only as a second moment, as a reflex to a perceived dan...