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Last week I took a vacation from work. I spent it immersed in reviewing years of study and sequestered in a lovely room in my school’s...

To be honest, I much prefer the Solemnity of All Saints. In the symphony of the liturgical year, All Saints is a joyful march, a...

For as long as I can remember every year that I was in church ministry there would be a young child in the front pew at church for All...

Today's Readings The “Golden Rule” is supposed to be simple. 1) Love God, with all of you, 2) love others, as much as you love yourself....

The first time a therapist used the word trauma to describe my suffering I was stunned. I had just made peace with even going to therapy!...

Today's Readings Last week, I procrastinated on a project that, should I have spread out over the course of a month, would have been a...

“There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy – that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his...

Today's Readings What do you wish me to do for you? What a remarkable question to be asked by the Son of God, who is not even limited by...

A game I like to play with people sometimes is asking the following question: “If you could be the patron saint of anything, what would...

In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...

Today's Readings Today’s first reading begins with a wish familiar to many of us: pray to receive cautious guidance, plead and receive...

I had someone ask me not long ago why I decided to take medication for my mental health. I was already in therapy. Why did I suddenly...

Today is the feast of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. This young woman lived an incredibly simple, ordinary life. In the midst of that life,...

I find that most people are confused by me. “Hold on, you’re a Catholic campus minister,” they reply after I’ve introduced myself, “and...

Today's Readings For as long as I can remember, my parents taught my siblings and I that God entrusted a Guardian Angel for each of us...

I met my best friend when we were 12. We lived in 2 different suburbs about 30 minutes apart. I am still in disbelief that at a time when...

Today's Readings We just spent a chunk of money on our lawn. We update and upgrade our various electronic devices. We spend money and...

I measure the seasons by my notebook of grocery lists. Cold salads, watermelon gazpacho, grilled vegetables and meats have been...

If you are a person living on Earth, especially in the last year and a half, then at some point in time you have experienced change in...

Today's Readings When I was a classroom teacher, a grammar lesson on superlative adjectives was usually a humorous one. I would begin the...