Does Vocation Equal Happiness?
At the Collegeville institute this question took center stage for some time. I think many young people often think that living out one’s vocation means that they are happy in…
Like Bees in the Honeycomb
St Benedict says that the Monks should be “as busy as bees in the honeycomb” and that is exactly what has happened these past few days here in Collegeville, MN…
Three in One
We often mistake the trinity for three divisible individuals, forgetting that God does all things. So it is always the three persons working in unity together. God the Father doesn’t…
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…
How Many Husbands Do You Have?
So Fr. Edward Beck who you might know from Good Morning America, led us in evening prayer last night. He reflected on the woman at the well and left me…
The Spirit Prods: You Can’t Take It With You
I’m moving in the next month from our apartment here in Buffalo adjacent to the lovely campus of Daemen College to our first “real” home. Moving often brings with it…
Go In Peace: Reflection for UB Graduation Sunday
Sorry for a late post on this. But here is my reflection from last night’s final mass of the semester. Here’s a graduation story—my own from my undergraduate years at…
“The Coolest People in the World Might be Nuns”
So says, Nicholas Kristoff, in the NY Times the other day. I don’t agree with everything he says in his column here but this snip touched my Nun-loving heart: There’s…
Eight Years of Marriage…and Much More
Today is Marion and I’s 8th wedding anniversary. So I thought I’d share some memories of our wedding day. First of all, we planned the wedding ceremony, after all a…
Caught in Jesus’ Net
You can’t be something that you’re not. It sounds like an easy platitude to follow–be yourself. But quite often we choose to be something other than who we really are.…