

Good Friday, Lani's Birthday, and Her Mom
"A Teaching Moment" Today I am putting my daughter Lianne's Facebook post on this blogsite. "Train up a child in the way he should go, ...


"... because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world"
On Good Friday, the Church focuses on Christ's suffering on the cross, through which He saved the world. Through the centuries, the cross...


“Do you also want to leave?”
Today is Holy Thursday. At the Mass of the Lord's Supper, we are commemorating the institution of the Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of...


Hindsight Is 20/20
(A Little Reflection this Holy Week) Everyday, I see my violin in its case waiting to be picked up and played. But there are always some...


My Ateneo Jacket
Last Sunday after lunch with my wife in a Chinese restaurant in Springfield, Virginia we were heading to the door when someone dining...


S'il vous plait, por favor, etc.
S'il vous plait, por favor, paki, per favore, bitte These words, all or most of which may be foreign-sounding to most of us, mean...


Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry?
"Love means never having to say you're sorry" This is the catch phrase from a popular movie "Love Story" I saw in the 1970s. It was a...


Deceptions and Lies
If we look at, read about, and listen to what is going on around us nowadays, we can see a world in chaos, of conflict. Although...


The Winter That Won't Go Away
This winter has been the most severe since we moved to the U.S. East Coast many years ago. The temperature always hovered between...


The Throwaway Culture
I was trying to print a document on my printer when it jammed. Whatever I did -- pull out the paper, open the back to check what caused...