After a week of day trips to wineries, seal colonies and lighthouses during our Easter break from School, one might imagine these to be the
Only one word comes to mind when I think about Iron Man: Conversion. At the beginning, who was Iron Man? He was a self-absorbed, narcissistic
This past summer I had the privilege of taking a group of boys and their fathers to Rome for a pilgrimage. One day, after walking
Thanos’ snap caused something in Hawkeye to snap as his family turned to dust. Hawkeye changed from a loving husband and father to a nihilistic
“Jesus replied: ‘I tell you most solemnly, unless a man is born through water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God: what
Another Mother’s Day is upon us and with it come innumerable emotions. At the forefront, of course, is the beauty and blessing of cooperating with
Avengers: Endgame — spoiler alert. This man watched his own mother murdered, watched his own brother being choked to death, watched his best friend get
This week, I helped facilitate the confession line for a group of middle-schoolers. Many were nervous; several had not gone to confession in years. I
On Easter Sunday at Mass, our priest told a story of a little boy who went for a drive with his father. During the drive
On Holy Saturday, God invited me to have tea with Him out on the lawn of St. Gerard’s Monastery. Sitting there with a cup of
John 21 is one of my favorite chapters because it has so much mysticism behind its powerful symbolic references: Simon Peter said to them, “I
As much of the world celebrated Easter, many people in Sri Lanka went into mourning, for the tragic church bombings that happened there. Sri Lanka
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why
The Prodigal son story is not about “cheap grace” or simply “saying sorry”. It is about the cost and damage done to self and others
One might think that after having to end a relationship, give up dreams of marriage, and spend 8 long years in the seminary to answer
A friend once shared his experience on the birth of his first child. What stood out most for him was a mysterious combination of pain
He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, “John performed
There is something inescapably sacred about a person’s last words. When a dying person speaks, their last words reveal the true intentions of their hearts:
Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And to love
“Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him
