As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him. But Jesus would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” Then the man went off and began… Read More Frassati Reflection: Go Home and Love Your Family
On this Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, I have come across several articles that have sparked in me a sense of hope for a future that is truly pro-life and pro-woman—and as Catholics, we believe that you can’t have one without the other. Respecting women means respecting all human life,… Read More Frassati Reflection: Pro-Life, Pro-Woman
No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. —Mark 2:21 Many of us encounter times in the spiritual life when our faith feels worn and frayed, like an old cloak with holes in it.… Read More Frassati Reflection: Old Cloaks and New Fabric
There is good reason that St. Francis de Sales is the patron of writers—he really had a way with words. During his lifetime, he wrote pamphlets defending the faith that actually converted many people away from heresy. He also wrote books advising laypeople in the spiritual life, which was a revolutionary concept at the time.… Read More Over at Ignitum Today: 10 Brilliant Quotes from St. Francis de Sales on Cultivating Peace
Fun fact: I was baptized on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Since I was an infant at the time, I have no memory of the event, but I know that it was a momentous day in my life. It was the day I entered the Church, the beginning of the foundation of… Read More Frassati Reflection: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” —St. Basil the Great “We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures.” —St. Gregory… Read More Frassati Reflection: Basil and Gregory
—Went to a few Fordham basketball games —Spent a weekend snowed in after a blizzard —Started writing weekly Frassati reflections —Went on two ski trips —Got to see several books I’ve edited come out in print —Hosted a St. Patrick’s Day/March Madness party —Watched Notre Dame win a first-round March Madness game in Brooklyn and celebrated a national… Read More Highlights of 2016
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