Inspirational thoughts

 “Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” – Mark Twain

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”  (Louisa May Alcott) 
Hot chocolate by the fireplace, a homemade apple pie, a nice flower decoration on the table, an advent wreath as the center piece…it’s the simple things that go a long way in a family’s happy hearth!

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” Jane Austen
These words could easily be spoken by Christ towards his friends…is he your best friend?  

“The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.” Hillaire Belloc

“I’ve learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!” Anne Frank

Thy Kingdom Come!Dear Friends, in Christ,    Greetings from our house in DC…the dream version is pictured below, but we need your help to get there!  We have been living in this house for 25 years now, without enough money to focus on general upkeep and basic improvement.  So, the leaky roof, the tiny chapel and dining room that no longer hold our ever expanding community of 15 members (9 priests, 2 seminarians, 1 Regnum Christi consecrated man and 3 Regnum Christi missionaries), the 1980’s kitchen that needs an upgrade, and the dorm area made from our 2 car garage that is literally falling apart…all need to be urgently fixed and upgraded.  This is a 4 phase project that will cost $1.2 million and we are currently in the first phase involving our roof and chapel which will total $340,0000.  ANY help that you can offer would be much appreciated.  The link is below…we are very grateful for your support and be assured of my prayers!!
https://rebrand.ly/LC-House
*For those of you who live in the NY Tri-State, please direct all of your donations to their annual campaign, most of which goes to support our seminarians in Cheshire.  

“What is right to be done, cannot be done too soon.” Jane Austen

“Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for non-activity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.” Josef Pieper
What better place than a Catholic chapel to have this leisure time with Jesus…so restorative and helpful for the soul!

You don’t create your mission in life – you detect it.Viktor Frankl
Listen to the Holy Spirit and be open to changes and modifications of your dreams and plans…never forgetting that our main “mission” is to be holy and to reflect the love of Christ to every soul we meet along the way…

“All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one: you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone!” Jane Austen     My mom is pictured below, with my dear grandmother who had a huge impact on my priestly vocation (and on my dad’s early formation)…they were both such pillars of long enduring love and endless hope!