Started the day relaxed, drooling on my sisters’ good finds from her Guam trip. Bags, Shoes, Watch…ohhh, so great a morning. Just one meeting in the afternoon and I’m off to run. After checking emails and several phone calls, all of a sudden, my destiny changed (yup, exag!). I had to run to three meetings … Continue reading Running Empty and a Perfect Recharge
Children
"Unless you become like little children, you can not enter the Kingdom of Heaven." [Mat 18:3] I’ve heard this many times in the past, and I’ve been asking myself why becoming like children is the “key” to entering Heaven. What does that even mean? Theologians can say many things but this is my personal take, … Continue reading Children
Joyfear
The moment my first daughter Chloe was born, I was filled with an overpowering joy — she was a living miracle! I was also filled with soul-trembling fear — here was a fragile new life, entrusted into my incompetent hands. It was overwhelming, this mixture of two powerful emotions. I call it Joyfear. Copyright pending. … Continue reading Joyfear
The Rosary
Among Mary’s many titles, this is one of my favorites. There are volumesof books written about the power of praying the rosary. The saints, too, have much to say about it. And while I could quote many of them happily, I would instead share three graces that I have received through the intercession of Mother … Continue reading The Rosary
The Perfect Fit
God will complete you… He is the spoon to your fork; the bow to your arrow; the right to your left shoe; the racket to your ball; the shield to your sword; the lyrics to your melody. Go ahead. Don’t take my word for it. Experiment. Spend your whole life searching for that one thing … Continue reading The Perfect Fit
The Time to Shut Down
In our lives immersed in technology, we rarely shut everything off. We turn on when we wake up, and are on our devices until we go to sleep. And every hour in between. I’m not immune to this. Very few people these days are. And yet, there’s value in shutting everything down, so that we … Continue reading The Time to Shut Down
Lost
For crying out loud, it was just one sheep, one sheep that was lost. And the shepherd leaves the ninety-nine and goes all out in search of that one sheep? The Lord says, “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and … Continue reading Lost
Doctor, Doctor
At one brief moment in my life I wanted to be a doctor. Then I found out how long doctors actually stayed in school. And how much work they actually put in. And how they got to work with cadavers in med school and deal with the sight of blood every day. And that was … Continue reading Doctor, Doctor
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