As I was walking along the sand dune trail in Oak Openings, I noticed the great variety of foot prints in the sand. I walked more slowly to consciously look at my own tennis shoe prints. I reflected on the footprint that I was leaving on earth. How was my

I got up, unlocked LialRenewal Center, prayed Morning Prayer and meditation, helped prepare three meals for 27 retreatants, prepared liturgies for St. Richard Church, played a card game with the sisters with whom I live after praying Evening Prayer with them, phoned and wrote e-mails, and went to bed. Although

Recently I attended a lecture by Wendy Wright who spoke on qualities of the heart. Wendy said the Christian life is a transformation of heart. We exchange our heart for the heart of Jesus. We must beat in the rhythm of God, aiming to be like Jesus whose heart beat

In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Some argue that this is THE question of the gospel. We all need to answer the question again and again along our spiritual journey. For me, Jesus Christ is my Life, my Enough. Probably every

Brian McLaren said, “The Gospel is not an evacuation plan for the next world.” How true! The Gospel tells us how to live here and now. Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. Cross the road to help someone lying in the ditch. Feed the hungry. Help the

As we celebrate the feast of St. Aloysius today, I am reminded that he belongs to the 24 and Under Club — those Saints who died at the age of 24 or younger. There are actually quite a few in this amazing group, including Dominic Savio, Elizabeth of Hungary, Kateri

Like so many others, I have always known St. Anthony as Patron of lost articles and I have sought his intercession on more than one occasion! I never thought of him as a great theologian or scholar. However, in today’s Office of Readings, the excerpt on his life indicates that

I love the fact that the readings for this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart highlight the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. When I was on pilgrimage in Rome and Germany in 2002, I was touched by how often I “met” the Shepherd. This image is everywhere! One of

So many disasters: Hurricane Sandy … Boston Marathon … tornadoes in Moore and Shawnee, Oklahoma and then Oklahoma City and so many other places … fires in New Mexico and California … human trafficking …. child labor … fires in garment factories … and the list could go on and

The Notre Dame logo puts the ND on the edge. I’m happy to say that my religious community is willing to live on the edge. We have gone to so many new places in the past 20 years: Mozambique, Nicaragua, Uganda, Peru, Guatemala, New Orleans, and more. We have ministered