Making Time for Prayer
How often does it occur to us to make our prayer lives a priority? Do we even know how to get started? How about if we stop making prayer conform to our day and instead make the day conform to our...
View ArticleSix Ideas for Reclaiming Your Calendar
As busy people with compounding responsibilities, isn’t it becoming more and more difficult to find time just to think? Commiserating with colleagues and friends, we share how our workdays are filled...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Holy Day Mass Times
Dear Parishes of My Area (and, from what I gather, around the country), I hear you complaining about Holy Days of Obligation and how low attendance is. In fact, as a parish employee myself, I’ve taken...
View ArticleThe Cathedral of My Bathroom
I used to think that my days of praying in my bathroom were numbered, and that the numbers were going to get smaller as I (and my kids!) got older. I assumed that, with a routine that involved them...
View ArticleFive Ideas For Overcoming Our Time Problem
For years I have heard people say they don’t have enough time to pray, get involved in parish ministry, attend daily Mass, do Eucharistic Adoration, be involved in their children’s activities, serve in...
View ArticleBaseball and Life
The high school girls ran out the door a few minutes ago, reminding me of their plans to attend the boys’ baseball game tonight. As often happens my mind wandered, this time to baseball in general, and...
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