• Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry,poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up our sighs,mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate,thine eyes of mercy toward us,and after this our exileshow unto us the blessed fruit […]

  • “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.” I took two years of French in high school, but I’d normally have no idea what this means. I know that “tu” is “you,” “je” is “I,” and “moi” is “me.” (Although I probably have Miss Piggy to thank for that last one.) […]

  • “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” -Our Lady to Lucia in Fatima

  • Who is your biggest fan? I’ve been fortunate to have had a few, but it’s hard to imagine one bigger than my Grandma K. She was the kind of person you loved to be around because she always made you feel special. We were all her “precious grandchildren,” as if we were each pearls of […]

  • “A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly  communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” -St. Pio of Pietrelcina

  • 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 […]