I became sick with Bell’s Palsy unexpectedly on the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. While I managed to attend to some of my commitments the weekend prior, the reality was that by Monday I could no longer have a normal conversation, work, or drive. I had t...
A little over a year ago on a Sunday evening in October, I returned home to discover police cars and that familiar yellow tape with the words, “POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS” surrounding the perimeter of the house next door. It wasn’t long until I discovered t...
Lately, living with stage 3 cancer, I find it almost impossible to pray the prayers for my healing that loving friends and family have sent me and prayed for me. Perhaps it is because it is my own body, my very being. Thus there is already an irrepressibl...
The day had finally arrived. The big event was here and we were full of anticipation. None of us had pulled off an event like this before and we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. How many people would come? Would people enjoy it? Would they leave gain...
Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is celebrated on December 12, is confirmed by the Church as the “Patroness of the Americas”. She first appeared on the hill of Tepeyac, Mexico in 1531 to St. Juan Diego, an indigenous peasant and convert to the Catho...
