And I will let that be my last word: If people can accept that no one is left out of God’s love, then I will be pleased.

Growing up in a home without a father, I think Mary’s maternal love connected with my own mother’s love.

Like Jesus, we don’t have to look for approval, control or safety outside ourselves.

I also accept the fact that each day is a day to do something good for God and for others.

Fortunately the United States and its allies continue to provide weapons, food and logistical support to the people of Ukraine. Our prayer is that good will prevail over the evil of Putin.

We can see the passing years and decades as simply growing older. Or we can see the passing years and decades as growing toward eternity.

The season upon us now, Advent, is a time to prepare our minds and hearts to celebrate the coming of God into our world.

As the old saying goes: “There is no sinner without a future, and no saint without a past.”

We are always manipulated in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. I think specifically of commercials. My overall impression of commercials is that they are designed to make us feel bad about ourselves.  The idea is to get us to buy something we probably don’t need to “feel better about ourselves.” As we watch people in commercials, […]

Because I realize that talking about my ailments only increases my awareness of them, I am practicing suffering in silence more and more.