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“GTG.” “BRB.” “LOL.” “ROFL.” Anyone who’s sent or received a text message knows what those mean. Last week, I read a story that put them in perspective. It was about a monologue, on radio, delivered by Adam Gopnik, a writer for the New Yorker. He said that he’s learned to keep in touch with his…

For most of us, by this time, the new year is old hat. We’ve gotten the hang of writing “2010” on our checks. We’ve taken down the Christmas lights and thrown out the fruitcake and added the name “Jenny Craig” to our vocabulary. But in the gospel this Sunday, the newness hasn’t worn off. The…

On our refrigerator at home, there’s a picture that was taken about 10 years ago at the very spot where, tradition tells us, this episode of the gospel took place. The picture shows my wife and me, inside the large church in Cana, in Galilee. We’d gone there on a pilgrimage. Cana today is teeming…

Christmas Day, hours after midnight mass, my wife and I hopped a plane to Washington, to spend some time with our families. The flight went smoothly, and a couple hours later we found ourselves in the back seat of a car, headed to my sister-in-law’s in Virginia for dinner. A light snow was falling. Siobhain’s…
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