Given on September 7, 2016  to #XLC Lake County at St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church in Mundelein, Illinois.

Story time: 3 years ago, I studied abroad for a semester in Rome. For most of September 2013, some friends… Read more 35 Again: Happy Birthday, Mom!

Last week, I had the chance to travel to Wichita, KS with the youth group from Notre Dame in Clarendon… Read more So, This is Kansas: A Week at Catholic Heart

So there I was, just returning from my day off run to Woodgrain in Westmont (so good, btw) and getting… Read more The “Crazy Stuff that Happens on my Day Off” File: Ryan Eats Pizza with the Pest Control Guy

Here’s my reflection from Mass this morning: Jesus’ conquering of the world is not an absent or passive conquering, one… Read more Audio: “Take Courage, I Have Conquered the World”

I recently read an article comparing the reality of family life as seen through the lens of two major corporations,… Read more Jesus: Cruise Director or God of the Trenches?

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Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, “Why was this oil… Read more Judas in You, Judas in Me

As the pastor of my internship parish noted in his homily for this Palm Sunday, today the Church gives us… Read more For the Hypocrites, Everyday is Palm Sunday