I feel very peaceful this morning. Which might be surprising given the night we had last night. It started out well. Wednesday is RCIA night and Fr. Leo was giving a talk on the Eucharist but instead of staying for the talk I decided to go up to the church and spend time with Jesus […]

Almost there! (Sorry, no picture - if I make it to 40 weeks I’ll take one last shot.) OB check today went well but they scheduled me for an ultrasound to try and determine how big this baby might be - since the last one was 10 lb. Not that it means […]

“Jesus of Nazareth. . . .is so intrinsically king that the title ‘King’ has actually become his name. By calling ourselves Christians, we label ourselves as followers of the king. . . God did not intend Israel to have a kingdom. The kingdom was a result of Israel’s rebellion against God. . […]

Among the many memorable places I visited on my trip to Rome in the year 2000 was the catacombs of St. Callixtus. They are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 […]

Your Result: Philadelphia Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you’re not from Philadelphia, then you’re from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you’ve ever journeyed to some far off place where people don’t know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even […]

“Marriage is more than a civil contract; it is a lifelong covenant of love between a man and a woman. It is an intimate partnership in which husbands and wives learn to give and receive love unselfishly, and then teach their children to do so as well. Christian marriage in particular is a ‘great mystery,’ […]