• It all happened so fast. One day my wife expressed concern over my son’s sudden insatiable thirst. A week later and we’re in the emergency room receiving the diagnosis that he has Type 1 diabetes.  Just like that, I find myself annoyed by the misconceptions that other people have between Types 1 and 2. (No, […]

  • “If we get in front of the sun, we get sun tans… but when we get in front of Jesus in the Eucharist, we become Saints.” –Blessed Carlo Acutis

  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized a Saint on September 7, 2025. He loved mountain climbing, regularly organizing trips into the mountains with his close friends, with occasions for prayer, liturgies, and conversations about faith on the way up to or down from the summit. After what would become his final climb, he wrote a […]

  • “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” – St. Maximilian Kolbe

  • Easter is over. Lent is long gone. Here we are, back in Ordinary Time.  I’ve been thinking about ordinariness lately.* In this age of blockbusters and viral sensations, we don’t hold being ordinary in high esteem. Even in our spiritual lives, it’s easy to think that seasons like Lent and Advent are where we make […]

  • “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” –Jesus (Matt. 18: 3-5)

  • When I was a younger speaker, I thought that to be effective, I had to come up with original ideas and insights to bestow on the audience. Two decades and over one thousand presentations later, I’m comfortable saying that I’m merely a “professional reminder-er.” There’s almost nothing I say that’s new or original. And that’s […]

  • “Do not let the past disturb you. Leave everything in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and begin again with joy.” -St. Teresa of Calcutta

  • I have a bit of a history of thinking I have to (should? can?) do everything myself. This never ends well. When reality inevitably rears its ugly head, and the Holy Spirit convicts me that I’ve totally left God out of the picture, sometimes I pout. I cross my arms like a petulant teenager, and […]

  • “My love reigns in suffering, it triumphs in humility, and enjoys itself in unity.“ –Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary