Some words stay with you for a lifetime! Sometimes front and center. Other times, they sit just beneath the surface… like a quiet motor doing its job unnoticed.

I see… and read… many posts asking “Why I Am (Not) a Catholic.” I also hear of former Vocation Directors saying that this time must be a tough time for Vocation Directors.

The editors of Commonweal caught my attention! The editorial titled “Advent in a Time of War” pointed to a contradiction I had never thought of.

Either hopefully conveys a space where people feel comfortable in talking with friends that matter, about things that matter.

St. Vincent placed great importance on what he called “Repetition of Prayer.”

During this Advent season, may I suggest a modest approach to recovering the sense of our radical  Advent hope.

We are seeing the replay of decades of hostility in the region of Jesus’ birth!

Many will recognize the saying, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

Jesus did not establish the church as an institution with a slick “Public Relations” plan. His followers were attracted by his message.

For many of my years, “Home for the Holidays” was in the back of most people’s minds come Thanksgiving and Christmas.