The Loneliness of Gethsemane
Truth finds us in different ways. Sometimes we learn what something means not in a classroom, but in a hospital. Several years ago, I was visiting a man dying of cancer in a hospital room. He was dying well, though ...
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Franciscan Inspirations: Size Doesn’t Matter, Really
In our society, it seems that everything has to be bigger or the greatest. “More is more,” as they say. But the truth is this: size is not really that important.
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Franciscan Inspirations: Seed Planted Comes to Life
The Gospels are full of moments in which people met Jesus, often in very difficult circumstances, and years later, the significance of their meeting produced marvelous fruit.
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Franciscan Inspirations: Revelations at the Beach
It was an idyllic scene. It could have been an Impressionist’s painting of families vacationing at the beach: August sun, white sand, gentle surf of the Gulf, blue sky, fathers building sand castles with their daughters, mothers lathering their sons ...
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Kids, Meet Mary
Last May, as my family sat in church, I noticed my then-five-year-old son, Alex, carefully eyeing the statue of Mary in the front of church. It had been decorated in honor of the month of May—the month of Mary. When ...
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Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday
“I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” —1 Corinthians 11:23
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