What Happens When the Love of Your Life Marries Someone Else?
Looks like that happened to Andrew Cohen, the legal analyst of Politics Daily who writes a wedding toast that took a lot of guts to write. The great love of…
Bob Sheppard’s Love
A final word on Bob Sheppard, the Yankee Stadium announcer who died last week. Many did not know much about Bob Sheppard but we do know that he was married…
A Picture is Worth…
Much more than 1000 words. It can be what provokes peace, contemplation and a deepening of love. Take a gander: After seeing this picture of me from my friend’s wedding…
In Gratitude for Recovery from Illness…
Fran, over at St Edward’s Blog writes today after a serious illness landed her in the hospital in need of relinquishing one gallbladder. Her thoughts on the gratitude of not…
Nos vemos en la comunión (I Will See You in Communion)
I asked Notre Dame’s Tim Matovina if I could tell this story that he shared with us at the Symposium at Notre Dame a few weeks back. It was one…
Memories of a Father
My good friend Shannon Shark who runs the Mets Police blog wrote this touching story on Father’s Day a few years back. I thought it would be good to post…
We All Build Fences
Fences, the gripping play by August Wilson was the first Broadway Play that I had ever seen. Being the son of lower middle class Irish immigrant stock, a trip to…
Personal Prayers and Time Off
As Memorial Day falls upon us, I ask you to remember those who have gone before us and given us freedom. Whether in war or in protection of country, or…
Trying to Control the Sun
It was another wonderful day at Notre Dame filed with much intellectual stimulation. We were all treated to Sr. Mary Johnson, SND’s words on spirituality and then three wonderful vocation…
What Does Your Confirmation Name Mean to You?
Deacon Greg writes on confirmation names: Young people still choose a confirmation name, a patron saint to model themselves after, and to give them inspiration. (I picked Peter for mine…