Publications

The Love of the Sacred Heart

The Love of the Sacred Heart

El amor del Sagrado Corazón June 12, 2026 | Click here for daily readings Our three and six year old granddaughters live with us. They frequently say, “I love you so much in my little heart.” To be loved with this kind of purity shocks me, and yet it is the same...

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Filled with the Same Spirit

Filled with the Same Spirit

Llenos del mismo Espíritu May 24, 2026 | Click here for daily readings A week before Pentecost in 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed by a white police officer. Despite raucous public outcry over how Floyd was treated in his last moments of...

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Diligent Faith

Diligent Faith

La fe diligente April 19, 2026 | Click here for daily readings Around this time five years ago, our first granddaughter was baptized. Public gatherings were troublesome in pandemic days. Events that should have brought great rejoicing were muted by the fear of...

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The Quiet Strength of St. Joseph

The Quiet Strength of St. Joseph

La fortaleza silenciosa de San José March 19, 2026 | Click here for daily readings My son Joseph studies engineering at a university thirty minutes from our home. He lives on campus, but when he returns to our noisy home, his quiet calm is palpable. He slips in...

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Proclaiming the Good News

Proclaiming the Good News

Proclamar la Buena Nueva Click here for daily readings Saints Cyril and Methodius, whose feast day we celebrate today, didn’t mean much to me until I started playing the organ at the church named after them. Like most of the other churches that were built in the late...

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Light in the Darkness

Light in the Darkness

Light in the Darkness Luz en la oscuridad Click here for daily readings Today is my sixty-first birthday. I would love to be able to reminisce about a bucket list of interesting adventures from my sixtieth year, but those twelve months humbled me as I found myself...

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