• Jesus, you knew what it meant to have friends,who risked their own lives to take your body from the cross.Walk with us.Show us how to be friends to those close to us and to those far away.Teach us to see you in everybody,to be kind, loving and strong.To be like you. Amen. (Prayer found on […]

  • As he rode triumphantly into Jerusalem, his popularity was sky-high. He had the people’s hearts, hopes, and attention. They hung on his every word and waited eagerly for his next viral hit. How would he top raising Lazarus from the dead?! Jesus was the OG influencer, two thousand years before Youtube and TikTok. No one […]

  • “In your loving mind, dear Jesus, did You look up to the Father as You stood there on that windy hill, shivering from cold and shame and trembling from fear, and ask Him to have mercy on those who would violate their purity and make love a mockery? Did you ask forgiveness for those whose […]

  • Saturday, April 26 | St. Dominic Catholic Church, Sheboygan This joy-filled evening will be a celebration of the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint! His canonization takes place the very next day, on Divine Mercy Sunday. Join us for 5 pm Mass, then the event will officially begin at 6 pm with […]

  • I was a Cub Scout as a kid, but never advanced to the Boy Scouts. Still, I always appreciated their motto, “Always be prepared.” When I travel for a speaking engagement, my carry-on backpack is crammed with stuff I may need if things go sideways. I associate preparedness with wisdom and prudence, which are virtues. […]

  • The 8th Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. “Help me think more about others. Help me remember that others have problems, too. Help me respond to them even when I’m busy or preoccupied with my own problems. My Jesus, Who didst comfort the pious women of Jerusalem who wept to see Thee bruised and […]

  • In some ways, Wiccans are more Catholic than Catholics. For over two thousand years, the Catholic Church has maintained its understanding of transubstantiation, which is the belief that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the actual, literal body and blood of Jesus Christ.  We know, it’s a hard teaching. People have […]

  • “You yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” – Luke 2:35

  • There are certain bad guys in the Bible we like to jeer: Pharaoh. Goliath. The Pharisees. We often treat them as one-dimensional villains, condescendingly shaking our heads at their failings and rolling our eyes at their hard-headedness. You only had one job, Adam and Eve! Take a chill pill, Cain! I can’t believe you keep […]

  • “My beloved Jesus,it was not the weight of the crossbut the weight of my sins which made You suffer so much.By the merits of this first fall,save me from falling into mortal sin.I love You, O my Jesus, with all my heart;I am sorry that I have offended You.May I never offend You again.Grant that […]