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2 Minute Read Actor Jim Caviezel is most well-known for his role as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, but in recent years he also starred in the popular CBS series entitled, Person of Interest, as well as the movie, Paul, Apostle of Christ. However, his career may have never gone anywhere if he did not have a providential encounter with Father Patrick Peyton in 1991. At the time Caviezel was a young actor in Hollywood, trying to make it big. He was having little success and didn’t know what to do. Then while driving down Sunset Boulevard he saw a sign that said “The Family that Prays Together, Stays Together.” Feeling spiritually lost, he knocked on the door to be greeted by an old priest. Caviezel asked to go to confession and the priest urged him to pray the Rosary and go to daily Mass...

 |  Jan. 3, 2020 Over 200 Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Reconsider Roe v. Wade The Court, the lawmakers say, should “again take up the issue of whether Roe and Casey should be reconsidered and, if appropriate, overruled.” Matt Hadro/CNA. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of a Supreme Court hearing, more than 200 members of Congress have signed on to support Louisiana’s abortion regulations, and have asked the Court to address Roe’s “unworkable” finding of a “right to abortion.” 39 senators and 168 members of the House representing 38 states signed on to an amicus brief filed on Thursday by Americans United for Life, in the case of Gee v. June Medical Services, LLC. The brief argues that Louisiana’s safety regulations on abortion clinics are constitutional. ...

Since one of my New Year’s resolutions is to be more authentic, I admit that the fun title for this post came from a little framed art piece I spotted in the aisles of JoAnn Fabrics. While I would prefer to confess my inspiration springs from all that Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, and Shakespeare I’ve been poring over lately (NOT!) or the endless hours minutes spent in daily prayer and reflection… I’m certain God continues to seek this undeserving soul’s attention. And He will undoubtedly work with what He has. Sometimes that’s the clearance section of a big-box fabric store. The pithy little saying painted on a rustic white-washed backdrop gave me a chuckle, not simply because they expected some schmuck to shell out $10 for a farmhouse chic clearance item, but because it struck a chord. I tend to...

For weeks I prayed and prepared.  I taught my youngest how to address him. I wiped baseboards and dusted chandeliers.  I planned a menu that didn’t overestimate my cooking abilities but seemed worthy of the extraordinarily special guest.  I polished silver and curated a jazz playlist just hours before I set out the tray of Brie cheese and fig preserves for a simple yet not-so-everyday appetizer. It started out just as I had hoped.  We sipped our wine and laughed together in the usual get-acquainted rhythms.  Our youngest son child sat cozily at our kitchen bar tucked between our Bishop, visiting our home for the first time, and one of our dear priest friends. Then, it happened. The child leaned forward and stuck out his little tongue (in good Communion form, I will...

I open our New Year’s Eve late night Mass (11:15 PM) with the observation that we begin Mass in one year and end in the next. New Year’s Eve highlights the mysterious passage between years. In a way I suppose it is no more mysterious than the passage from Thursday to Friday or from 10:00 AM to 10:01 AM. In one sense, nothing could be simpler than time. I might ask you, “What time is it?” You might reply, “It’s 1:15.” Simple! But time has mysteries about it. What is time? Some say it’s merely a measure of change. But that doesn’t really make a lot of sense because change doesn’t occur at a steady pace at all. Some say it’s just another way of measuring distance in the space-time continuum. Time and distance are certainly related. To look out at the stars at night is to look into the past; i...