I’m somewhat of a genetic weirdo. I’m a twin. The hair on my head is dark brown, but my beard is red. I’m also left-handed. It’s frustrating to be left-handed in a right-handed world. Scissors never cut right. When you hold a measuring cup in your left hand, you’re stuck …

“Play” in the spiritual life makes me think of people dressed as clowns at Mass, or hand motions for grade school songs being imposed upon high schoolers, or the sort of unbearably sanguine exuberance that clashes with a sometimes sorrowful reality. I can think of all sorts of shallow and …

Nuestras tradiciones tienen una forma de unirnos, conectando a personas de diferentes regiones, orígenes y formas de vida detrás de una pasión común: el amor a nuestra fe compartida. Cada año, vemos un ejemplo de esto cuando los fieles católicos de nuestra arquidiócesis y de las diócesis circundantes se reúnen …