We have always known instinctively that there is safety in numbers, but when a family gathers around Christmas it is for much more than the wellbeing of the group. And of course if we stop for a moment to ask ourselves why we do this… …I am sure we will come to realize that there exists a wonderful bond between festivity and family. But at the same time I wonder how many of us would also go back in our minds to the time where families were gathering around the Roman Empire. J

Some of my oldest friends like to call me a dreamer. What they mean is… I very often like to see the almost impossible… …as just around the bend. FOR EXAMPLE I try to remind those closest to me about the very real possibility that… …someone in their circle of life may come to the Faith soon. THINK ABOUT IT If one person… …just one… …came to love Jesus Christ in the next month or so… …how would that change your mission to evangelize? Dream it with me. That would mean that on y

Benjamin and Jonah were playing tag in the house, (something they are not allowed to do by the way). And at one point Jonah lost track of his brother. So stopping Hannah who was busy arranging some keepsakes, Jonah asked, “Where’s Benjamin?” It was then that Benjamin reappeared to say one of the silliest things. Pointing down the hallway, he yelled with the utmost conviction, “He went that way!” My four year old Jonah had to think about it. Benjamin seemed to be right in fron

I slept well enough. It wasn’t the most refreshing, …or recharging… …but I slept, and I feel somewhat rested. And I am still not sure whether or not… …waking up to my two year sitting on top of me saying, “Giddy Up!” …helped or hindered my point of view. But no matter how it all started… …today feels blah. SO THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO DO I am going to pray anyway. I am going to do my work and offer it for those I love. I am going to get on my knees and play with my little on