Never Give Up

Lately, there have been quite a few blog posts and articles that feature lists  of "what not to say" to people who are sufferin...

American journalist James Foley was beheaded by ISIS on August 19th Earlier this month, I marked significant dates in the 100th anniver...

I've been meaning to post this recent clip of Josefina chopping vegetables and playing the part of a television chef. She loves watchin...

Here is a blurry photograph of the February 2014 edition of Magnificat  (pp. 228-229). Today is a good day to revisit it. If you d...

Northern California (pic by Agnese). So glad they had this time! The Janaro family summer is coming to a close. It was a time of many...

We are called by God to a new birth. The struggle of this life is the mysterious and dramatic transformation by which mortal, broken huma...

Jesus said, "Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and...

Shifting clouds, with some open spaces. Last week, a celebrity tragedy provoked lively and sometimes intense discussion about depressi...

Love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving.... Genuine love rises above creatures and soars up to God. In Him, by Him, ...

Today's gospel always strikes me. It's such a parable of our relationship with God. How frail we are, and how easy it is to forge...

Today the Roman calendar observes the memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, known in the world as Edith Stein (1891-1942). Hers ...

Some of my friends have noticed, perhaps, that Josefina is getting even more attention  lately than she usually does. It's not onl...

"A bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well ...

Today was a remarkable day of remembrance all across the United Kingdom. After evening vigils, lights were turned off in public places and...

August 1, 1914. 7:30 PM. Germany declares war on Russia. Both armies are mobilizing, bringing weapons to the field that are exponentiall...

Lord give us all good sleep and heal the wounds of this day. Refresh our spirits and let us awake to praise You in the freshness of tom...

When he gave his message yesterday after the Angelus, Pope Francis remembered that today is the 100th anniversary of the be...

Tensions, conflicts, disagreements, arguments, violence, destruction. I find it every morning when I read the news on the Internet. July ...

No, this is not a cyclops with a smiley face. If only this sad similarity could make it so. What is this thing? It looks "familiar...

Left: Walter and John Janaro (with Santa), around 1967. Right: At Dean's Steakhouse, around 2013. People say we have the same facial e...