“Blessed are those that mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 Last Thursday, I did what I have always done on every April 20th, attending Mass at the church of my youth, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ridgewood, NJ in commemoration of my late brother Dennis who died unexpectedly 51 years ago. At …
“Oh, put me in Coach, I’m ready to play today; Put me in Coach, I’m ready to play today; Look at me, I can be Centerfield.” Lyrics for the song Centerfield, John Fogerty (1985) This past Thursday was Opening Day in Major League baseball for all 30 teams, conjuring up some powerful memories we all …
“๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐จ: … ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฉ” ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐จ 3: 1-2 ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ Spring has finally arrived helping lift our spirits with tulips, daffodils and crocus perennials popping up all around us. And …
“๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐จ. ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฉ.โ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ 3: 7-8 As we begin the new year, Iโve been thinking a lot about the imagery that we often associate with …
“๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ, ๐ค๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ก๐. ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ? ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ? ๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข? ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ, “๐ฟ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข”? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend an enlightening …
โ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ. ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ค๐. ๐๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.โ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ฉ The Bike as a Metaphor for What Happens in Life and Work Biking has been a source of joy for me ever since I purchased my Cannondale R1000Si road bike in July 2002. …
My brother Matt and I celebrated the life of our Mom today on the third anniversary of her passing first with Mass at Mount Carmel, lighting a candle for her in front of the Statue of St. Jude (her favorite saint), a walk through her favorite park, and then breakfast at The Daily Treat, almost …
This morning before heading over to Mass, I did my usual routine of walking our three golden retrievers followed by a quick check of my email, text messages, and what appointments I had lined up on my calendar for the day ahead. I literally stopped in my tracks when I saw that today was October …
“๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?” ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ . “๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐,” ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ . “๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐.” ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, “๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐”, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Recession Fears Intensify That famous Hemingway quote from above perfectly captures the mood of the markets as aggressive Fed tightening, persistently high inflation readings, the war in Ukraine, and continuing supply chain …
โBlessed are they who mourn for they will be comfortedโ Matthew 5:4 Super grateful to David Kessler, FACHE, the worldโs most renowned grief expert, for having completed his Grief Educator Certification Program and bringing his comprehensive and unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help us better navigate the many challenges associated with grief. …
