The Rosary offers the moral power of Jesus who showed us a God who was love, and offered a peace that the world cannot give.

And so, here we are in 2022, a fourth “first day” for our 5-year-old, launching into kindergarten with hopes, dreams and expectations of “normalcy” resting on her little outer space backpack laden shoulders.

Jesus is speaking to our human tendency to worry, sometimes ceaselessly, about tomorrow, about yesterday, about the far-off future and the long-dead past. Regrets can nag us from one direction, fear from the other.

If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger glanced at your calendar on the wall or a hacker gained access to your phone’s events, would they see any sign you were a Catholic?

We seem to be in an epidemic of mass shootings, with so many innocent people killed, leaving entire communities in deep pain.

Ruth did not send “Ruth Sent Us.” But she and Antonin could send us to seek common ground in helping children and their mothers.

Even though ours is a world focused on “living our truths” and “living our authentic selves,” it has become a world of performance.

Wherever two or three Catholics are gathered, at some point, there is certain to be grumbling about preaching.

It’s a blessing to be entrusted with children each day.

Opportunities for witness and evangelization are everywhere and all about us.