Whenever I find myself “out of peace”, it should prompt me to ask “why”. Why am I out of peace…why am I not content…why am I uneasy…. what’s going on? It’s a grace to actually pause long enough to ask these questions. When I don’t pause, I tend to move quickly into the “blame game”, … Continue reading “Stop, Look, & Listen” →

Originally Posted March 3, 2021 Having finished eating breakfast at a conference several years ago, I got up to take my tray to the cleanup area. Suddenly I dropped the tray on the floor... big crash, plates and food strewn around … a real mess. As I knelt down to begin cleaning it up, a … Continue reading “He Will Help Us Clean Up the Mess” →

Originally Posted March 2, 2021 In the movie “Silence” a story about Jesuit missionaries in Japan during the 17th century, there is a character named Kichijirō. He is an alcoholic fisherman who fled Japan to save himself from the persecution of Christians; his entire family had refused to renounce their faith and were killed …. yet he had renounced … Continue reading “God Forgives 7 X 70” →

After a number of tries we finally made it back to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. It’s one of our favorite places… acres and acres of beauty. “Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden that consists of over 1,077 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows  It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States.” Judy is really in … Continue reading “The Beauty Of The Lord” →

A mass is being said today for my father. It’s  the anniversary of his death. He died on April 21, 1956. Being nine years old when he passed, I had not been  allowed to view the casket or go to the grave site. When my brother Tom and I visited his grave for the first time in … Continue reading Dr. Neal J. Touhill, M.D.  →

I was preparing for confession recently, examining my conscience, trying to take full advantage of this wonderful sacrament. I had some of my too predictable laundry list of sins to confess; I probably should just just asked Judy to make a tape recording for me. But, what then came to my mind was the phrase, … Continue reading “Worry Less And Love More” →

Originally Posted April 9, 2021 I tend to be surprised when I too often fall short of the mark ….. “Boy, I thought I was better than that… I should have said this or that…I should have been more kind or more bold or more quick to forgive or  more hopeful ….. “ Yet in truth, … Continue reading “Why Are You Troubled” →

Halleluiah !!! Christ is risen from the dead !!! We need to take time to celebrate and not rush to get back to “life as usual”. Easter is too much to limit to a one day celebration, so the church gives us the octave of Easter….8 days of Easter Sundays …. a time of great … Continue reading “A Week Of Easter Sundays” →

Originally Posted April 12, 2020 Have you ever been really surprised, I mean really shocked…in a pleasant way? Remember when Eli Manning hit David Tyree with that impossible pass in the final two minutes of Superbowl XLII…. against the Patriots.   I jumped so high, I almost hit my head on the ceiling. We were screaming … Continue reading Easter Sunday- What A Surprise! →

Originally Posted April 9, 2020 I recently saw that Mel Gibson is making a sequel to the Passion of the Christ movie, titled “The Resurrection”. In an interview Gibson mentioned the movie will explore, among many things, “when Jesus descended into hell”. I’ve often pondered what that was like…the time between Jesus’s death on the … Continue reading Holy Saturday- A Lot Going On →