Fall is easily my favorite time of year. Fall is sweatshirts and football and apple cider. It’s chili cook-offs and cool nights and trees that look like they’re on fire. […]
The perfect Halloween costume
Taking time out to bury the dead
In today’s fast-moving world, everything is focused on instant satisfaction — fast food, mobile banking, microwaves and instantaneous communication. Gone are the times when one would take the time to […]
Learn about the Mass: The vessels
We use special vessels for the Body and Blood of Christ. Like the vestments, most of them come from Roman times. The Church adopted the kinds of dishes that were […]
Visiting with relics: Strengthening the bond within the Community of Saints
Did you ever wonder why the Church has a thing for relics? Why do we get excited over pieces of a saint’s body? Why do we even have pieces of saints’ bodies? A visit of the relics of St. Anthony of Padua to my parish helped me better understand.
Being the family that prays together
You’ve heard that saying about families that pray together, haven’t you? Fr. Patrick Peyton famously said that “The family that prays together, stays together.” A lot of times, I’m guilty […]
