Last night a friend invited me to join her at the nearby Dominican Retreat and Conference Center in Niskayuna for vespers sung in the spirit of Taize, a prayer ...
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Lessons from the monastics via Everyday Divine:
Start to look at the "life-rhythm" of your day. Is it totally out of balance, with most of your time spent ...
"And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand.” Matthew 7:26
The majestic ...
"Your mission today, should you decide to accept it, is to start looking at your world through rose-colored glasses. Rather than focus on the crabgrass that's ...
When I wrote my last book, Everyday Divine: A Catholic Guide to Active Spirituality, my original plan was to develop some videos and other helpful tools to help ...
I love Advent and Christmas. Really I do. I wear a Santa hat, light the Advent wreath, deck the halls, and drink eggnog like it's going out of style, but ...
Ever since I first came in contact with the writings of Thomas Merton about 28 years ago, he has spoken to me. I know I'm not alone there. Countless people of ...
I love to rake. I love everything about it -- the sound of the rake scratching against the earth, the smell of the autumn air, the pre-winter peacefulness that ...
Some people have a problem with the idea of purgatory, which is something I honestly just don't get. Of all our teachings, this is one that is not only ...
One year from now we will be just back from the most amazing pilgrimage, a 13-day food and faith tour of Italy that will take us from Montecatini, Florence, ...
I walked down to the Mission District in San Francisco today to visit the original Mision San Francisco de Asis, more commonly known as Mission Dolores because ...
I had the honor of addressing 50 Catholic prison chaplains on retreat at Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, N.Y., this week. And while my presentation was ...
When I sat down to blog about Pope Francis' interview with America magazine, I started and deleted the post three times. Finally I decided that I have very ...
So much happens on silent retreat, even though nothing at all seems to be happening. No talking, no reading, no writing, no casual eye contact. Doesn't sound ...
Yesterday, when I posted my Letter to the Editor canceling my subscription to Spirituality & Health magazine over its anti-Catholic agenda, a few folks on ...
Here's the Letter to the Editor I fired off to Spirituality & Health this morning. I think it pretty much says it all. (A special thank you to my friend ...
Today was a classic case of turning lemons into lemonade. What had at first seemed like a potential inconvenience became a blessing. (more…)
So yesterday I wrote a deeply personal post about my recent spiritual struggles and my feelings of hope upon seeing Pope Francis step onto the balcony. I felt ...
My most recent Life Lines column, running in Catholic New York and The Catholic Spirit this month:
I don’t know about you, but I tend to approach my prayer ...
The Times Union featured me on the front page of the Capital Region section today. Here's the story, with a link:
Delmar author works to make spirituality a ...