Immediate gratification is the hallmark of our society. From instant information, overnight shipping, uber-eats delivery, diets, fitness, FaceTime, to YouTube, virtually any product we desire is at our fingertips. We can know anything in microseconds. It’s an incredible age. So it goes that because of all this, we tend to expect the same response of…

A sunny, warm afternoon spent hiking the hills and trails with my sturdy Oboz Sawtooth trail boots led me along the great expanse of a beautiful blue lough. The singing birds and the sun glinting off the waves was the perfect backdrop for a St. Patrick’s Day walk. The air was brisk though, and I…

There they sat. In the back of an old parking lot at the bottom of the Rockton Street hill, across from the old Crystal Bar, next to the Chuctanunda Creek. They’d been there for a while, and I often remember driving past them. Dad, of course, was keenly interested. His inventive mind was going a…

Personal repentance and recognizing our mortality are the two hallmarks of the Lenten season. As Fr. John Ricardo says, “the whole point of this is that when we come to the end of 40 days, we look a little more like Christ.” We are more free; we are more centered; we are more aware —…