September 2017

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Wait for the Lord with Courage

Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. The devastation in Houston and in the Gulf region, in the Caribbean (and likely in Florida by the time you are reading this) due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, as well as the...

Murder-Suicide and the Meaning of Mercy

Here is a link to this weekend’s readings. Last weekend, I went with a friend to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the hyped-up fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. In the tenth round, McGregor, a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter...

Hurricane Harvey relief efforts

Our thoughts and prayers all the people of Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, and other areas of South Texas in the path of the Hurricane Harvey and the ensuing tropical storm. The damage wrought by the storm, which has not yet...

No Replacing the Jews

Here is a link to this weekend's readings. [caption id="attachment_18761" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Holocaust Memorial, Boston, MA[/caption] Some serious things have been happening in our world while I was on vacation. Neo-Nazis demonstrated on the streets in Charlottesville, VA, chanting, "Jews will...

Catholic Digest launches redesigned print, online editions

NEW LONDON, CT– Catholic Digest is introducing readers to a redesigned print magazine and website as the magazine continues its mission to help Catholics grow in their faith. The print and online editions feature new departments and interviews with notable Catholics....

On vacation

Dear friends and readers, I am taking a little vacation time this summer. The TWIL Blog will return August 27th. Peace always, Kevin...

Hearing the Voice of God

Here is a link to this weekend's readings. When I was a counselor at Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake in Maine a few years back, I was walking fast (as I usually do) up the trail from the water to the...

Wisdom for Peace and Unity

Here is a link to this week's readings. Continuing with our theme of joining Jesus in His prayer for unity and promoting unity through our words and actions, today we come to the gift of wisdom. St. Benedict provided us with...