“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
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed… Read More Frassati Reflection: Emmanuel, God with Us
One day last year at the beginning of Advent, I stepped outside to find that it was raining. It was a gray, misty drizzle, the kind that leaves all your clothing slightly damp and seeps in through your shoes. I had already been feeling annoyed at the fickle New York weather as of late, and… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Joy of the Childlike
As the days grow shorter and the Christmas holiday approaches, I always have the urge to curl up with a good book. If you’re looking to find reading that will engage both your mind and your soul, there are lots of choices to pick from! Here is a list of eight spiritual books I’ve read… Read More Over at Ignitum Today: Looking for Spiritual Reading? Here Are 8 Great Books Worth Checking Out
In celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I’m posting an excerpt from an article I wrote last year after the Frassati pilgrimage to Mexico—click here to read the full piece: Juan Diego was likely filled with confusion and sadness as he set out on the morning of December 12. Days earlier, he had met… Read More Frassati Reflection: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Linking up with Kelly. —1— It’s been a while since I’ve managed to write one of these posts—I’ve had a busy fall! First of all, I’ve updated the URL for this blog—now it’s much easier to remember: http://workinprogress.blog —2— I recently set up a Goodreads account, and I’ve been logging the books I’ve been reading: http://goodreads.com/erinmaureenanne… Read More 7 Quick Takes: Catching Up
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, “What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Authority to Forgive Sins
There is always something in my life that I’m waiting on, and lately it feels like I’m waiting on quite a lot of things, stuck in a kind of limbo until I get the answers I need to move forward. It’s easy to become frustrated in that place of waiting. This Advent, as we await… Read More Frassati Reflection: Waiting with Purpose
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she,… Read More Frassati Reflection: Open Our Hands
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