Are we chalices?

Are we chalices?

This priest left behind his chalice, the very vessel he held while speaking the words of Christ, of consecration: "This is the chalice of my Blood, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins," - the very vessel which held the Precious Blood of our Lord…

A holy friendship

A holy friendship

Do you have a friend in your life whom you haven’t known your whole life, but it feels like you have? Maybe you can’t remember a time without them, or you can’t quite remember how and when you met, but they somehow seamlessly integrated into the life you were living before they were a part of it…

Habemus Papam!

Habemus Papam!

A little before 7:15pm, the doors opened on the loggia of St. Peter’s, and Cardinal Dominique Mamberti walked out, along with two men in cassocks and surplices who held the microphone and the script. People in the crowd started to hush each other, and Cardinal Mamberti spoke: “Nuntio vobis gaudium magnum…" (“I announce to you a great joy…”) And then he paused as the crowds cheered, either because we were cheering or for dramatic effect or both. “…Habemus Papam!” (“We have a pope!”)…

Joyful Exhaustion

Joyful Exhaustion

We just moved to what is our 4th apartment in about 13 months. In the midst of packing up and moving across the Atlantic, we traveled for pleasure and for work, to visit family and friends, and each journey was exciting and exhausting in its own way...