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Saint Joseph entered his shop early in the morning relishing the odor of the desert in the wood, and he contemplated the sunlight caught in his tools. As an act of worship…

While the traditional image for St. Joseph is the lily, I have recently come to connect him with pine cones. Yes, pine cones…

n 7th grade at a Carmelite Catholic school, it was quite natural to learn about the saints. We dressed like saints for the Halloween parade and re-enacted their lives in classroom skits and parent-night performances…

Many of us are familiar with the classic film, The Quiet Man. John Wayne’s character evoked an inner strength and steady sureness that quickly appealed to the audience…

I am grateful for the opportunity to share about St. Joseph. My deepened relationship with him is recent…

If you have ever felt the need to control a situation, a person…or the future and all it holds…welcome to the human race and a not-so-exclusive club. Whether it be in big things or trifles of day to day living, the need to control is part of the human condition that almost everyone struggles with…

Often in life the most beautiful moments, the climax of our “success,” or life changing events happen after many daily choices and habits we have made along the way.

There it was! A heart twined with white flowers and crowned by a single lily stock. Dumfounded, I looked again intently at the image. Previously, I had only known of Jesus’ Sacred Heart…