Can Your Guardian Angel Protect Your Relationships?
(3 minute read) When I was growing up, my Irish grandmother had a devotion to the Guardian Angels. Images of angels decorated her home, and on more than one occasion I remember her giving me a pin or a suncatcher in the shape of an angel. For a long time,...
Tea Parties and Prayer: A Dad Reflects on His Vocation
(3 minute read) "Dad, do you want to play Legos?" I'm asked this question pretty often - in fact, it's one of my favorite questions, and I almost always say yes. I've never responded with, "Well what will I get out of this?" or, "Technically, the plural of Lego is...
September is the New January
(3 minute read) Anyone else mourning the waning of the long, lazy days of summer? I love waking up to light outside and having it stay light longer. Lately, I’ve really noticed that it’s darker in the morning. I’m not ready!! Don’t get me wrong, I love all of the...
Starting School with the Saints
(2 minute read) My oldest is starting kindergarten this year. As you can imagine, there are a lot of big feelings in our house right now. Her: excited, nervous, and a little annoyed about the uniform she has to wear. Me: excited, nervous, and a little worried about how this...
Crown Full of Jewels: Where is Your Treasure?
(3 minute read) A favorite memory of mine that has had a continuing impact on my life is from my college years. I went to a university where a lot of my family had gone. When I was there, my father, aunts, and uncles would come for the homecoming football...
Paying Attention to the Nudges
In early February of 2020, I got an email asking if I was interested in having a Lenten prayer partner from our sister parish in Baltimore City. The idea was that the two parishes would begin to form closer personal relationships through this initiative. My first impulse was to think,...
Meet Him on the Mountain
(2 minute read) I slid the door of the van open and stepped out into the predawn darkness. Yawning and stretching, I looked around at the nearly-empty parking lot. I had a hard time believing that what I was about to do would be fun. On a family vacation to...
Not Feeling Good Enough to Pray? Try This.
(3 minute read) Have you ever thought: “I can’t pray because I’m not worthy.”? Or “I can’t serve at church because I’m not good enough.”? Funny thing, when I was trying to start writing this blog post, I started to feel like I had nothing to say and no business...
Heavenly Friends: Praying with the Saints
(3 minute read) I love the saints! They are so interesting and inspiring! They are like older siblings in the faith who can lead the way and give a helping hand (by interceding). Sometimes, like older siblings, they can make me feel like I’ll never measure up or be as...
How My Downfalls Bring Me Closer to God
(3 minute read) Quick! What's your top 5 list of things to be grateful for? Did your faults make the list? Would they have made your top 10? Top 20? Top 100? No? They didn’t make my list either, but I was reading a book recently (Searching for and Maintaining...
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