Photo from iStock. Credit: ZvonimirAtleti. Ignatius Loyola left behind certain meditative tools for anyone who wished to activate their interior life through prayer. One of these is called the “Examen ...

The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus is a favorite of mine. I love the image of pilgrims traveling together, struggling to understand tragedy and loss. I love that Jesus enters the story ...

The name originated with loquacious ESPN basketball commentator Dick Vitale. He uses it to describe outstanding college freshmen. “Diaper Dandies” he calls them. “Four first-year members of the Emmaus ...

This Sunday’s Gospel reading always comes after Easter Sunday and it is one of my favorites because the story is so real and even 2,000 years later this story is often repeated or comes back to many ...

Toward the close of “The Great Gatsby,” one of my favorite novels, Nick Carraway narrates effortlessly to his readers: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” ...