Summer winds down, and the liturgical calendar begins to heat up.

Trials can be rich opportunities on our spiritual path if we see them as "discipline," that is, training in new ways of seeing and living.

Organizer gizmos are all the rage. You can buy stackable cabinets that turn a closet or garage into a paragon of efficiency.

A guy in my men's group greets any new challenge in his life by asking, "Where's the lesson to be learned here?" He'll say this when things go poorly at work, when he struggles with members of his family, or even when something tragic will happen.

The Lasts and Firsts always get mention, but what about the in-betweens, the average, the mediocres?

As we come together at the table of the Lord, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

I would rather have learning joined with virtue than all the treasures of kings.

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