A Confirming Slap
Deacon Greg talks about a recent confirmation where he expected the Bishop to slap the confirmands on the cheek as they did “back in the day.” Read a snip: Generations…
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Do You Have Any Regrets?
When I worked in Calvary Hospital (A hospital for terminal patients, mostly) as a volunteer my Senior year of college, I often encountered patients who would want to tell me…
Am I Enough?
As many know, I’ve been discerning whether I should become a deacon or not this year. The “19th Annotation Retreat” I participated in was very central in helping me think…
They Gave Their Life For My Dad
I don’t know if I’ve ever told this story but Memorial Day is just as good as any day to tell it. Back in the 50s, my dad, newly married…
A Dog Never Leaves His Master
A Terrier Mix did the unbelievable this week. After being caught in the Twister and missing for weeks, the dog dragged his two broken front paws all the way home.…
19th Annotation: Freedom is Mine
So I just completed my group-based 19th Annotation retreat with the folks at St. Michael’s parish downtown in Buffalo. After going through the Ignatian exercises with the group I have…
When All We Have Is Time
It started in Kindergarten. The hospitals and doctors tried to figure out what was wrong. The sleepless nights she endured wracked with pain and the anxiety that followed the asthma…
Angelic Tails
Joan Wester Anderson the author of many books on angels took a look back on her books and found dogs riddled through each story after story. Ironically, she’s never owned…
May the Road Rise Ever to Greet You….
Today is graduation day at The University at Buffalo, UB to those of us in the know here. Many of the students who I have come to know are graduating…
If It’s the Rapture…
I’m growing weary of the prognosticators who are claiming that they just know with all out certainty that doomsday is going to fall on May 21, 2011. But guess what?…