Somehow, incredibly, this celibate, elderly man often doled out some of the best and most valuable parenting advice I’ve received along the way.

A Reflection for Monday in the Octave of Easter, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Lent, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch

What better way to celebrate Christmas than to have faith in things unseen, to find hope in a child.

A Reflection for Monday of the Third Week of Advent, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-second week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, by Kerry Weber

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber