Parenting and Love

As I wade in the muck and the mire of this thing called parenthood, and more specifically, this thing called fatherhood, I find myself baffled.  Baffled because you really don't know what you're getting yourself into until the child actually arrives.  While the snuggling, the cuddling, the sleeping are incredibly endearing and cute, the sleepless … Continue reading Parenting and Love

Confessions Of A Potential Voter

To say that we are in the midst of a unique presidential election race would be an understatement. Truly, "choosing the lesser of two evils" has taken on a new significance that we have not had to grapple with before. Voting for Bush instead of Gore or Obama instead of Romney seems so bland and boring when compared … Continue reading Confessions Of A Potential Voter

Hitting the Reset Button: Beginning With Love Not Law

When Pope Francis visited New York City last year an elementary school student asked him what God did before he created the world.  The Pope answered, "He loved". I first learned of this story from one of my professors and thought it to be incredibly simple and yet profound.  Simple in that it was a … Continue reading Hitting the Reset Button: Beginning With Love Not Law

Black and Blue: A Humanizing Exercise

I recently became friends with a fellow graduate student who believes that the Church should be more active in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This young woman is of Puerto Rican and African American descent. She was passionate about this issue because about 10 years ago her brother was assaulted and arrested by the NYPD while he was walking home … Continue reading Black and Blue: A Humanizing Exercise

“With God On Our Side”

Anyone familiar with Bob Dylan would know that this is the title of one his great songs. This song popped into my head on Sunday during the gospel reading from Luke 9:51-62.  Here Luke tells us that Jesus had "set his face to go to Jerusalem" and when passing through Samaritan villages was not welcomed because of this.  … Continue reading “With God On Our Side”