โThere are good ships, there are wood ships, there are ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships and may that always be.โ An old Irish proverb Do you remember what you were doing when you were 29 years old? Well for me it was in early April 1984. I had just …
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ .โ (๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐:๐โ๐) Last week I had the great experience of climbing Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Itโs been on my bucket list and something I …
โ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐) Can you remember the experience of sitting at the kitchen or dining room table growing up? At first glance you might say, โWhatโs so memorable about that oak table?โ After all, …
โ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ One of the joys of living here at the Jersey Shore is heading out …
“๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐, ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐.” ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฏ:๐ญ๐ฌ This past weekend, I was deeply humbled and grateful to be honored by St. CatharineโSt. Margaret Parish in Spring Lake, NJ, for my contributions as Trustee, Pastoral Council President, Finance Council member, and for leading our Bereavement Ministry. In reflecting on this chapter of my …
As I began my 20 minute drive to the Princeton Junction train station from my home in Pennington, NJ on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I couldnโt help but notice the beautiful blue sky on what I thought would be just another busy Tuesday in my typical work week. It was a welcome change from my …
โ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐! ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐: ๐๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐, โ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐; ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐: ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐!’โ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ข “๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐”, ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ (๐ญ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฐ) ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ …
“She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know. For all she’s aged and poor and slow. And I hope some fellow will lend a hand to help my mother, you understand. If ever she’s poor and old and gray, when her own dear boy is far away.” From the poem โSomebodyโs Motherโ by Mary Brine When I …
“๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.” ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ 3: 10 Itโs been cold and rainy of late where I live in New Jersey and winters in January can be challenging but last week it was a tad warmer and as I drove along Ocean Avenue on my way to morning Mass, I literally had to stop …
โWe will get there, heaven knows how we will get there. We know we will. It will be hard we know, and the road will be muddy and rough, but weโll get there, heaven knows how we will get there. We know we willโ. Title song from the album Woyaya by the Ghanaian-Afro Pop band Osibisa (1971) and later performed by Art …
