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Mary: A Woman of the Word

Posted on October 6, 2021June 6, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary! “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5). With this short statement, Mary gives us the Christian program for life, a regiment which she had followed very closely, not only after giving birth to the Son o...
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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

Posted on October 2, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Blessed Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels to you! Today’s celebration of the Guardian Angels has the tendency to take us back to childhood. After all, for many of us, the prayer to our guardian angel is among the first we learn. Angel o...
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Accompaniment Leadership: Walking in the Footsteps of Christ

Posted on September 26, 2021January 7, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus” (Luke 23:26). As I made my way down the long hallway of offices, I...
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Holding on with Open Hands as Imitatio Christi

Posted on August 12, 2021October 31, 2021 by Vanessa Crescio

“So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it” (Genesis 3:6). Contrary to some beliefs, the Bible passage highlighting the temptation in the Garden of Eden and subsequent fal...
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The Second Vatican Council: A FRESH Look

Posted on July 20, 2021November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

Standing before you I tremble somewhat with emotion but am humbly resolute in my purpose to proclaim a twofold celebration: a diocesan synod for the city of Rome, and a general Council for the universal Church (Giuseppe Alberigo, A Brief History...
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Cultivating and Sharing the Fruit of the Spirit

Posted on July 5, 2021May 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit (Gal 5:25). In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He warns: “Beware of false prophets… by their fruits you will know them. Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad...
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Prophets and Profits: Fulfilling our Baptismal Responsibilities in Business

Posted on June 14, 2021October 31, 2021 by Vanessa Crescio

“And you, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High...” Benedictus (Lk 1:76) “It’s not personal, it’s just business,” a common phrase spewed by many a savvy business manager to justify uncomfortable or otherwise unjustifiable yet...
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St. Catherine Labouré & The Miraculous Medal

Posted on May 23, 2021November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

This month of May, when we begin to see more of the sun and blossoms budding; the Church turns Her collective heart to Mary. Our Blessed Mother, who in her fiat, her courageous yes, gave birth to Life Himself. The dedication of the month of May ...
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Learning Everything That Is, Is Holy with Thomas Merton

Posted on April 13, 2021November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

We do not detach ourselves from things in order to attach ourselves to God, but rather we become detached from ourselves in order to see and use all things in and for God (New Seeds, 21). In chapter four in New Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas ...
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The Hopeful Message of Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 15, 2021March 1, 2022 by Tony Crescio

The Lenten Season begins tomorrow with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. And, while there is, to be sure, a certain solemnness to this celebration, it is worth considering at the outset of this season of repentance, the hopeful message it holds ...
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