Dear Friends,   The theme of this 2025 Jubilee year is “Pilgrims of hope.” Our hope is in the salvation of Jesus Christ, who became Incarnate and made his dwelling among us. Our hope is in his promise that “I will be with you, even until the end of the ...

Dear Friends,   I found myself pondering the Feast of St. Joseph, celebrated on March 19, and its place within the Lenten season. There are many beautiful novenas asking for his intercession, and he has a lot of cool titles, like Terror of Demons, Diligent Protector of Christ and Patron ...

Dear Friends, Faith, Hope, and Love abide, these three… (1 Corinthians 13:13) In his Ballad of Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde offered a pithy diagnosis: “We did not dare to breathe a prayer/Or give our anguish scope/Something was dead in each of us/And what was dead was Hope.” In our world ...

Dear Friends in Christ,   The political landscape in the U.S. has changed noticeably in the past few months. On issues ranging from transgenderism to immigration to tariffs and everything in between, a new tone has been sounded. What has been notable, too, are the reactions from various corners of ...

Dear Friends,   In this past Sundays’ Gospel, Jesus proclaims, “I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,” assuring us that his sheep can recognize his voice and follow him. Yet, if there was a “most frequently asked question” for spiritual directors, it would probably ...

Dear Friends,   Have you ever wanted to change the world, to leave a lasting imprint that will be felt long after you are gone? I do. I specifically joined a lay movement in 1999 to change the world with Jesus. After 26 years, I’m still holding on to that. ...

Faith, Hope, and Love abide, these three… (1 Corinthians 13:13) Dear Friends,   Several years ago, I led a group of seminarians through a course on western civilization from the Investiture Controversy through the French Revolution. Like all human history it’s a tumultuous period, full of fits and starts and ...

Dear Friends in Christ,   February 6 is the feast day of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs for the faith in late 16th-century Japan. They were a diverse group: priests, religious brothers, laypeople. Some were Jesuits, others were from the Franciscan family. Their bravery in the face of martyrdom ...