|For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Thursday, March 19, was the first day of Spring. And with its arrival come warming temperatures and, more importantly, longer periods of daylight and shorter periods of darkness. ...

|The only sure things according to the old saying are "death and taxes." Reminding us of the need for being ready for the ultimate event of our lives.  There is no escaping our death.  The invitation here is to live fully ...

A few years ago one of my younger nephews was traveling with his siblings and their mother. While pulling out of a drive-in restaurant, with French fries on his lap, a hamburger in one hand and a malt in the other, he asked ...

|Today's gospel from John is one of my favorites to engage in contemplative prayer to bring the story to life.  Using my imagination as I pray helps me listen to the stirrings in my heart and brings me closer to God.  In ...

On this mountain the Lord.... provides a rich feast for all peoples, destroys the veil, the web, death itself, wipes away the tears from all faces, removes the reproach of his people, and saves them.|The hand of the Lord ...

I feel very fortunate to have been chosen to write a daily reflection for this day, "All Souls Day." Recently, my wife's aunt passed away from a sudden heart attack. She was only 59. Although she had been having complications ...

Sunday in Ordinary Time Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed PRE-PRAYERING|We have a little saying that when you get a lemon, you make lemonade. This means generally that when something sour or displeasing comes our ...

All Souls Day||And this is the will of the one who sent me that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day.|Today we celebrate All Souls Day.|We celebrate, reverence and ...

Today we celebrate All Souls Day. Today is also one of the occasions when we confront our own mortality. When we think of and pray for those we have known and loved who have died, we are reminded that we too are going to ...

"The souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them." Book of Wisdom ||Among the pictures on my refrigerator are the newspaper obit and photo of my lifelong academic/professional mentor and a ...