Today I attended the funeral Mass for Jeff Van Brunt. Jeff would have been 39 years old in June. He's six months older than I am, which makes a person think twice. In the course of 75 minutes at Mass, I saw the many people that Jeff had touched in his relatively short life. Jeff … Continue reading Living Life Well
Name it what you will, but in the end, there is only one option for Christians in today's world. Rod Dreher's insightful recent work, The Benedict Option, is but one iteration of it. There are others espousing the Dominican Option, the Franciscan Option, even the Justin Martyr Option. But for as many feast days as there are on … Continue reading Only One Option
It's an image that is familiar to any Christian. It's been the subject for myriad artists for centuries, from paint-by-number coloring books to DaVinci, Raphael, and the greats. The Upper Room is a source of great mystery while at the same time being the center of several of the most significant events of Revelation. It … Continue reading Meeting God in the Upper Room (Msgr. Peter Vaghi)
