What do you know about St. Marianne Cope?

I am excited to join Morning Air once again tomorrow morning at 7:20 am eastern to discuss tomorrow’s saint, Marianne Cope. I have a feeling you don’t know much about her, right? Although she gets her own feast day, she was only canonized as recently as 2011, and while she spent much of her “career” working with lepers on the island of Molokai, she is not as well known as her predecessor there, another saint, Damien of Molokai. So, tune in tomorrow to learn more about this German-American, hospital-founding, pretty fearless sainted lady with a lesson for us all in trusting God.

You can find your station here, or listen in the app, or stream the interview online here.

St. Marianne Cope, pray for us!

First radio spot of the year: don't leave Christmas fully behind

A few years ago I wrote an article, Radiating the Joy of Christmas Year-Round. I wrote it because it seemed a shame we get into all the feel-good, do-good, prayerful introspective time of Christmas, and then, bam, move on with life.

That’s why last week I joined the Morning Air Show to discuss this topic, and how each of us can bring volunteering, prayer, traditions, and more into our lives year-round. You can listen here.

Are your decorations down yet? Mine aren’t - whoops! But here in the DC area we are enjoying a cozy day of wintery weather, so it doesn’t seem so bad to enjoy the lights for just a little while longer.

I’ll next be on Morning Air next Tuesday, January 23, at the usual time of approximately 7:20 am eastern. Topic to be announced!

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Dear readers, Merry Christmas, happy new year, and a belated happy Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God! I hope your holiday celebrations were merry and peaceful.

And, in case you missed it, last month I once again joined John Morales on the Morning Air Show, this time to talk about hospitality as a gift. Listen here. I reflected on this topic in the midst of holiday party-having, and how the act of bringing together (and feeding!) people is its own gift. So if you’re feeling a little fatigued from hosting friends or family over the past few weeks, just remember, it was truly a gift you gave them, one with metaphysical and spiritual benefits for you.

I will next be on Morning Air next Tuesday, January 9 at 7:10 am eastern (give or take; the time is somewhat subject to change) and I will actually be talking about Christmas still - and why Christmas’s spiritual lessons are ones you take into the entire year. Think charity, almsgiving, and especially joy. Find your station here, or listen live online here.