Behind enemy lines
April 24, 2019
As was proclaimed in the Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent, we hear that Jesus went into the desert to be tempted for 40 days.
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‘Do hard things for Christ’
April 24, 2019
As we prepared to embark on the high-ropes course — a series of obstacles 12 to 65 feet off the ground strung between trees — I asked the young men of Quo Vadis what virtue we might need.
Meditation at the foot of the cross
April 11, 2019
I could not look him in the face. I was grappling with my sin and sinfulness, seeking to understand them in all their horror, that I might hate them.
Persevering through Lent
April 11, 2019
It happens to all of us. Every Lent, we come up with a list of things we will eat less or do more.
Following Mary’s fiat
April 11, 2019
Since I was a child, the solemnity of the Annunciation (March 25) has been a day marked with celebration and my own personal fiat to the will of God.
Why we wear a habit
March 27, 2019
How a person perceives the truth and preciousness of one’s body is reflected in the clothing chosen to express it. A
Praying from the Pit
March 27, 2019
Just before I left for the Holy Land, a priest friend asked me to pray for him from “the pit,” the sacred place beneath the house of Caiaphas, where Jesus was imprisoned the night before his crucifixion.
Hockey sticks in Italy
March 27, 2019
Living so far from our homes, fraternity is a treasured element of seminary life. There are many things we do to foster this community, but I have found few are as unifying as sports.
Cutting hair is harder than it looks
March 14, 2019
There are things you expect to learn in seminary: philosophy, theology, church history, maybe some pastoral counseling and of course the saints. I never expected I’d grow to care less about the results of my efforts — or how to barber.
The catacombs of St. Callixtus
March 14, 2019
The catacombs of Rome are mounds of bones, flickering torchlight, the whispers of persecuted Christians long past.
