• Oh, wait, that would be me. The more we know about ourselves and who God made us to be, the more effective we will be in fulfilling our call and becoming saints. St. Teresa of Avila was a big proponent of striving to make progress in this area. In Interior Castle, she wrote, “Self-knowledge is so important that, even if…

  • “If you ever feel distressed during your day, call upon our Lady – just say this simple prayer: ‘Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.’ I must admit – this prayer has never failed me.” –St. Teresa of Calcutta

  • I don’t remember when I first heard about Eucharistic Adoration or even the first time I experienced it. I went to Catholic school for eight years in the 1980s, and it never came up. After going to public high school, I attended many Catholic retreats in college and spent three years very involved at the Newman Center on campus,…

  • “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” – St. Francis de Sales

  • I’m writing a new book. Or rather, I am redoing an old one. (I shared a little bit about that in this video.) I spent six days in a very old monastery overlooking the rolling hills of Wisconsin. The kitchen was dark and creepy, but the weather and views were spectacular. I made great progress on establishing the structure…

  • “Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they need to know for salvation.” -Our Lady of Champion

  • Weed season is here.  We’re barely into spring here in Sheboygan, and already a dang thistle has popped up in the middle of our fire pit. The thistles annoy me the most because the little jerks spread so quickly and are difficult to uproot with your bare hands. The guys who installed our fire pit three years ago pounded…

  • “Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.“ (First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima – May 13, 1917)

  • There I was, sitting at the feet of the Holy Family. Seemingly by accident. It was a late October afternoon. I was trying to read some letters I’d received, which was becoming increasingly difficult in the darkening church. I lamented my situation when suddenly, a light switched on above this beautiful carved statue on the far side of the…

  • “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” -Our Lady of Fatima 1917