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Palm Sunday and the Age Old Battle

Palm Sunday 2026 Enter this week in silence, get rid of the distractions if only for a week, and allow the Lord to invite you on the Way.

Meditation on the Annunciation and "The Religious Sense"

Some years ago, a simple car ride with my young nephew became something unexpected, a window into the deepest structure of the human heart. His endless questions, his wonder at everything from trees to passing strangers, revealed something we are all born with but often lose, what Luigi Giussani calls the religious sense. In this episode, we trace that childlike openness all the way to the Annunciation, where Our Lady, fully awake and receptive, encounters God in a way that awakens everything and demands a response. Drawing from Giussani, Thomas Aquinas, and Joseph Ratzinger, we explore how vocation is...

Be It Done To Me

Solemnity of the Annunciation 2026

Complaining and the Serpent on the Stick

Monday of the 5th Week of Lent, 2026

"If You Had Been Here"

The Raising of Lazerus and the Pondering of Death 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year A 2026

Healing Wounds, a Husband's Prayer and Grace in the Mess

A Great Conversation with Fr. Ken Gerasi I am honored to have Fr. Ken Gerasi on the podcast with me. Fr. Ken recently led our lenten parish mission here at the Basilica of St. Mary and our fireside chat was a real treat for me. I am happy to share it with you. This is the link to the video: https://stmaryoldtown.org/searbygeraciconverse/ Fr. Ken Geraci lived the life of the prodigal son for most of his young adult life. Raised in a nominally Catholic family, who only lived the externals of...

An Ode to Teachers

A talk to Atrium teachers in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. A special thanks for all teachers in this episode.

A Meditation on Justice, Part 1

In this first part of a meditation on justice, we explore the classic definition given by St. Thomas Aquinas: "reddere unicuique suum"—to give to each person what is due to them. Beginning with powerful scenes from A Man for All Seasons and reflections from Aristotle, Chesterton, and the Christian tradition, this episode examines why justice is rooted in the dignity of the human person created by God. We consider the origin of rights, the meaning of "inalienable," and why justice ultimately begins not with defending our own rights but with giving others theirs. Along the way we reflect on...

The Prodigal & St. Patrick

Meditation on the Resurrection

Begin with the End in mind.

Meditation on Prudence in an Age Obsessed with Youth

A warm evening walk through Old Town turned into a meditation on something I keep noticing more and more in our culture, the strange fear of growing older. The line between youth and adulthood has become so blurred that many people seem to cling to the appearance and customs of youth long after that season has passed. The old milestones of adulthood have faded or been pushed further and further out, and beneath it all there seems to be a deeper anxiety about aging, meaning, and death itself. In this meditation I reflect on how the classical virtue of...

Lenten Meditation on Prudence

this is part 1 of a series on the Cardinal Virtues.