Have you ever been handed one of those inspirational quote sheets—maybe during an icebreaker, a retreat, or a mandatory HR training—where someone proudly points out how every religion basically says the same thing? “Do unto…
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
Anyone who’s been fortunate to visit Rome, go to their museums, spend time in the great Churches and massive Basilica’s can attest that it is often a sensory overload. Your first time entering into some…
THE FINAL DEBATE
Here it is, first week of November. You have politicians on complete opposite ends of the issue and people getting so worked up and passionate about their stands that it makes one afraid to offer…
HONORING THE UNKNOWNS
Back in fourth grade, my family took what might have been my first visit to Washington D.C. It’s kind of interesting what stands out in memory almost 40 years later: - I remember it was…
SHEMA (my alternate homily from yesterday)
This semester for our weekly Newman Night’s we have been watching the first ever multi-episode, multi-season television show based on the life of Jesus Christ called “The Chosen.” This week we’re actually finishing up with…
THE GIFT FOR THE GOD WHO HAS EVERYTHING
A kind amazing phenomenon that pops up in the news from time to time: You’ll see a headline that says something like “couple dies within minutes of each other after 50 + years of marriage.” …
SAVE US, WE’RE PERISHING
For much of 2020, it has felt like we’ve been living in a suspended animation. Seemingly everything has been upended by the viral pandemic. Even as things quote/unquote “return to normal” it still doesn’t feel…
POSSESS OR POSSESSED BY
What are you a fan - or a super fan - of? Giants or Jets? Probably few want to admit that this year. Yankees? Too soon to mention them either. Mets or Red Sox? Sorry…
THE (Real) GIVING TREE
With the birth of my Godsons, Goddaughter and nieces over the years, the remembrance of different stories and books that Mom would read to me before bed came to mind. It strikes me as odd…









