โ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ 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 …
โ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐โ. ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ That old Irish Proverb really resonates for me whenever I see two of my very best friends as I did this past Thursday night over dinner at …
โI thought heโd live forever. He seemed so big and strong. But the minutes fly and the years roll by for a father and his son. I never will forget him, for he made me what I am. Though he may be gone, memory lingers on. And I miss him, my Old Man.โ From the …
โBlessed are those that mourn, for they will be comforted.โ 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.ย At …
โOh, put me in Coach, Iโm ready to play today; Put me in Coach, Iโm ready to play today; Look at me, I can be Centerfield.โ 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 …
โ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐จ: โฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฉโ 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 …
โ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ.ย 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 …
โ๐ผ๐ง๐ 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, โ๐ฟ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ขโ? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend an enlightening …
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 …
โ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?โ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ . โ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐,โ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ . โ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐.โ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, โ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐โ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ย 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 …
