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The Taoyuan International Airport lies about 25 miles west of Taipei City. Our arrival followed 35 hours of travel. We drove to the site of our first venue, Annunciation Parish in the diocese of Hsinchu, where we were scheduled to present our first event and lodge for...

There is an antiphon for the feast of St. James that has always stunned me: “They drank the chalice of the Lord and became the friends of God.” St. James is one of the Apostles who dared to ask Jesus if he could sit at his right or left in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus...

Do you know what’s more difficult than surrendering everything to Jesus? Giving Jesus a little less than everything in an effort to feel like you still have some control. It’s exhausting to try to limit our surrender to what feels comfortable. Understandably, we long...

I’ve recently been reading through the book The Discernment of Spirits again for the first time in over a decade. In it, Fr. Timothy Gallagher describes an experience of God’s love that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had as a teenager. She describes an idyllic spring morning...

Aren’t birthdays great opportunities for a little introspection, some reflection, and a bit of a check-in with yourself? I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago, and as I was praying that morning, a quote I saw on social media kept coming to mind: I am so thankful I...

All love in action begins with Jesus' love and action. He's not only our model, our pattern, our way, and our good shepherd. He's also our gate, both to the Father and to loving others as He loves. It's his mercy, courage, and patience that fills our weakness and...