After absolving my sins, the young priest (I would say in his early to mid 30’s) gave me my penance and then turns to me, as he whips out a pen, and asked, “Do you have a piece of paper?”

Caught off guard, since I had never been asked to write anything in a confessional before, I started sifting through my wallet in search of scrap paper and wondering what in the world was he going to give me; homework?

“Here,” I hand him an old business card.

He starts writing in the back of the card and says, “I want you to reflect on the Baptism of Jesus in the Gospel. Let the words sink in and truly reflect on the moment, by which we, in our own Baptism, become part of God's family and, like Jesus, become His beloved sons and daughters." I think, great. It is homework, but cool. I could do that.

In hindsight, maybe “Suck it up,” was the wrong choice of words for me to use in the delivery room of Baptist Hospital, as my wife was in labor with our second daughter. (Oh, yeah I di-id)

However, in my defense, I think I was just caught up in the moment.

At the time, in her desperation, discomfort, and pain, my wife was insisting, “I can’t do this.

I often wonder how I would react if I came across a life and death situation, where other peoples' lives hang in the balance.

I’d like to think I would jump right in to help and not cower away screaming like Jamie Lee Curtis in a Halloween movie or (worse) be in too much of a hurry with my own self-centeredness and preoccupations to stop.

That was not the case of a group of heroes, who put their lives at risk to save a 21-year-old Utah State University student from certain death.

A new movie, The Way, written and directed by Tiger Blood's brother, Emilio Estevez, and starring dad, Martin Sheen, which hits theatres next month, is billed as "an inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges of navigating a complicated world."

It's a about a journey; a spiritual journey that begins in tragedy and leads a man to a foreign land, looking to better understand his son and, instead, ends up understanding life and himself.
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It was a day like any other day, until it wasn't. And, when it stopped being like any other, it was a day that changed my perspective on life, and that of millions, forever.

For the past twenty-three years, I have worked in television news (with the exception of a short-lived sabbatical in politics, where I worked as the Media Spokesman for the Mayor of Hialeah, but left skid marks on my way out!).
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"When we had crossed over the divide and were going down through the green valleys towards the Caribbean Sea, I saw the yellow Basilica of Our Lady of Cobre, standing on a rising above the tin roofs of the mining village in the depths of a deep bowl of green, backed by cliffs and sheer slopes robed in the jungle.

A few nights ago, I was putting my kids to bed and after blessing them with holy water, we prayed the bedtime prayer and then prayed a Hail Mary.

Last week, I ran into a former co-worker, and, without a second thought, started talking to him about his wife, who I had heard on a radio show that morning.

He says to me, “Oh, don’t you know? We’re in the process of getting divorced.
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This blog is basically what the title suggests, my attempts at living the Catholic faith to the best of my abilities.
I write about my struggles as a husband, father, son, brother and Christian man.
From a faith standpoint, I also write about my observations, interests, videos, and things that catch my attention, as well as, celebrities that are trying to live their religious beliefs in the public eye.
I refer to it as life on a high wire because those of us who are trying to live our faith in today's culture are are walking a fine line over a precipice between two worlds; what our faith teaches and we know in our hearts and what the society accepts and expects us to accept.
God, religion and Christianity, especially Catholicism, have been under constant attack and this is my small way of fighting back.
I often use humor and poke fun at myself but am also serious when I have to be.
I'm not an expert or pretend to be. I'm just a lay Catholic who is living and learning, as I go, like many others.
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Born in Oriente, Cuba, raised in Hialeah, Fl and graduated from The U. I’m a husband, father, son and older brother. I was a lapsed Catholic for most of my life until attending a men’s spiritual retreat in April 2006, which totally changed my perspective on life. That weekend, the emptiness I had always tried to fill with the things our culture promises will make us happy (wealth, pleasure, power and honor; St. Thomas Aquinas’ 4 substitutes for God), was filled with the love of God. I have been passionately studying my faith and, hopefully, drawing closer to God ever since. Now, I see my purpose in life is to become a saint and to lead my wife and kids to heaven. It’s not easy! I am no expert by any means. I'm just learning and trying to live my faith to the best of my abilities.
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Books I Have Recently Read...
Books I Have Recently Read...
  • Long Shot by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler
  • The Protestant's Dilemma by Devin Rose
  • Jacob's Ladder; 10 Steps to Truth by Peter Kreeft
  • Absolute Relativism: The New Dictatorship and What to do About it by Chris Stefanick
  • Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love by Bret Baier
  • The Church and New Media by Brandon Vogt
  • The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
  • Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor by Allen Hunt
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Be A Man! Becoming The Man God Created You to Be by Fr. Larry Richards
  • Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life by Charles J. Chaput
  • Raising Good Kids Back to Family Basics by Ray Guarendi
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
  • The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri J. M. Nouwen
  • How Firm a Foundation by Marcus Grodi
  • First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity by Scott Hahn
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