Learn From The Wildflowers

In recent days, since Ash Wednesday, the subject of giving up something for Lent has come up a few times in conversations at work and at hom...

Last Friday, and again today, we heard in the Gospel how Jesus healed, not just by speaking and touching the sick person but by using his sp...

Sunday night I didn't watch the Grammy awards. I didn't care what women were wearing on the red carpet, I was already tired of hear...

The Grotto I have never been to Lourdes, although I hope to be able to go there one day. However, one of my favorite places is the Lourde...

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist  by Caravaggio The story of the beheading of John the Baptist, the gospel reading for today, a...

I just finished writing a journal article to be published in several months. Although not the specific subject of the article, I do talk ab...

I have written before about silence and how important it is in our lives.  On the Feast of St. Francis de Sales on Jan 24th, Pope Benedict...