Would I get the message after three times?! I felt like Peter, after Jesus inquired of him three times: “Peter, do you love me?” It was early in a particularly eventful week in my parishes. It so happened to be in the wake of having to make the painful announcement that one of my parish […]

In preparation for my ordination to the diaconate on May 18th, I have imagined what it will be like in the Cathedral as I stand next to my fellow candidates, about to be ordained, before Archbishop Lori. Some of the men with whom I will be ordained plan to remain deacons for life. I hope […]

While praying before the Blessed Sacrament, I often hear the voice of Jesus ask me, “What are you looking for my child?” This is a burning question which resides in the hearts of all men. We are people of desires and are looking for something or someone to fill in our void. Christ knows our […]

“Are there tickets for this?”
I responded, “The only ticket necessary for this event is a heart open to prayer.”

If you are facing challenges, let me tell you that we can be on a boat battered by the waves, under the deadly gusts of the contrary winds; but Christ is there for us.

One of the things that I have seen over and over again in general throughout my life, and especially since entering seminary last year, is that God uses our past experiences to accomplish His will in us and through us.

When Our Lord invited me to priestly formation, He gave me the great gift to make some more sense of
this experience.

During my last summer assignment, I found myself alone and with nothing to do on my day off.Normally, I would’ve just lounged around the house on a day like this. But on that beautifulsummer afternoon, I decided to do something different. After I left the rectory, I drove to anearby park. This park had a […]

I still get asked why I continue to put my body through these seemingly ridiculous and difficult things, and while it’s still a little hard to articulate my desire to do these things, my heart simply burns within me.

A priest friend once said to me, “Death is the fate that all men share.” Growing up and visiting churches with visible cemeteries you get used to seeing the tomb stones knowing that the person’s bones are several feet beneath the surface of the ground. It wasn’t until my deacon year of seminary that I […]