Reflection: When I lost my sight at the age of twenty-five, it was a terrible tragedy for me. Overcoming challenges and obstacles was a regular part of my life since I was legally blind from birth. But the loss of the remainder of my vision was an obstacle that seemed insurmountable. My hopes and dreams for the future were dashed. I could not find joy in a life I no longer could see. And my value and self-worth were totally diminished since I could not do things I once did.

When we give the Lord our tragedies, He transforms them into gifts. That’s what He has done for me. My blindness has become my greatest gift. I now see that my value does not come from myself and what I do, but from the Lord our God and who I become in Him. As I give up my own hopes and dreams in exchange for the Lord’s will, He uses my life in ways that are far beyond any imagining. Yes, I am blind, but God is giving me eyes to see. What joy that is!

Sample Track:

Track Listing:

1. O God, You Search Me

    O Lord I Am Not Worthy

2. Isaiah 49

    I Have Loved You

3. Be Not Afraid

4. You Are Near

5. Ubi Caritas

    Your Words Are Spirit And Life

6. Salve Regina

7. Holy Is His Name

    Holy God We Praise Thy Name

8. On Eagle’s Wings

    Psalm 138

9. Hosea

    Like A Shepherd

10. Adoro Te Devote (Godhead Here In Hiding)

      Tantum Ergo

11. Jesus My Lord, My God,

      My All Beautiful Savior

Reflection: One of the Lord’s greatest gifts to me in my blindness is the ability to play piano by ear. It is a gift that brings both joy and challenge at the same time.

In order to play by ear it is critical to know the words of a song as well as the melody so that I can then play the melody to the words that I have learned. In the recording of these CDs, I have found it quite challenging to learn the words for so many songs. In the process, though, something quite incredible happens. As I ask the Lord to teach me the words, He teaches not only my mind but my heart and soul, too. Then, He draws me to Himself and opens my eyes more fully to see who He is. What treasures and surprises God brings through the challenges of life.

My prayer is that the Lord will draw you more fully to Himself through this music, and abundantly bless you through the many challenges of your life.

Sample Track:

Track Listing:

1. Morning Has Broken

    Holy, Holy, Holy

2. How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place

3. Eye Has Not Seen

4. Here I Am Lord

5. You Are Mine

6. I Want To Walk As A Child Of The Light

7. Where There Is Love

8. The Church’s One Foundation

9. One In Body, Heart And Mind

10. Lord, Who At Thy First Eucharist

11. Soul Of My Savior

12. Only In God

13. Sing Of Mary

14. O Salutaris Hostia, O Saving Victim

15. Panis Angelicus

16. Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven

Reflection: It has been almost two years since my first CD, All For The Glory Of God, was released. I continue to be in awe of the enormous growth that has taken place. Already tens of thousands of dollars have been raised and donated to parishes, priestly ministry, and priestly formation. Obviously, the Lord is at work. What is most incredible, though, is the Lord’s peace and comfort that so many people experience when listening. How humbling it is and how blessed I am to be a part of this work of God.

My deepest desire for this ministry is that God be glorified, and the hearts of His people be drawn to Him. That is why each time I prepare a song for recording, I pray for the grace to both arrange and play according to the Lord’s will so that I might become as the Christ-child: weak, dependent, meek and tender-hearted. What a gift and joy it is to see the power of God at work when I seek His will rather than my own. I’m beginning to understand what it means to be a servant of the Lord.

Lord Jesus, grant each of us the grace, during this season, to seek more fully your will rather than our own, to prepare for your coming in our daily lives, and to look forward to your return in glory so we can know more fully the joy of serving the new born King.

Sample Track:

Track Listing:

1. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

2. Creator Of The Stars Of Night

3. My Soul In Stillness Waits

4. The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came

5. Hail Mary: Gentle Woman

6. The Whole World Is Waiting For Love

7. Maranatha

8. The Coming Of Our God

9. Wonderful Counselor

10. Child Of The Poor

      What Child Is This

11. Away In A Manger

12. Silent Night

13. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

14. The First Nowell

15. Angels We Have Heard On High

      O Come, All Ye Faithful

Reflection: For many years after I lost the remainder of my sight, I both viewed and experienced my loss as a very heavy and painful cross. Discouragement over what no longer could be, and hopelessness for what my future might be, filled my days. Even though I knew that each of us is called to take up our cross daily and follow Christ, I did not understand what it meant to take up my cross in the way that Christ did.

He prayed for the will of the Father rather than His own. Then He took up His cross without anger or bitterness. Even though He stumbled and fell many times, He got up without complaint, knowing that new life and resurrection would outweigh it all.

As I learn Christ’s way of the cross in my blindness, I have come to know some of the joys and blessings that God has in store through it. ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD is one of those many blessings. It is through this cross of blindness that our ministry was born. How glorious is the cross of Christ! May God grant each of us the grace to learn Christ’s way of the cross in our daily lives.

Sample Track:

Track Listing:

1. Only This I Want

2. Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

3. Led By The Spirit

4. Glory In The Cross

5. In These Days of Lenten Journey

6. Turn To Me

7. Psalm 103: Loving And Forgiving

8. Beyond The Days

9. Ashes

10. Where Charity And Love Prevail

11. O Sacred Head, Surrounded

12. Pange Lingua Gloriosi

13. Behold The Wood

14. My God And My All

15. Holy Darkness

Reflection: God so loved the world that He gave us His only Son. How blessed and holy the woman who shared in His coming. Mary was chosen from among all women, sanctified, filled completely with God’s grace and called to be Virgin Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. She suffered the pain and anguish of our Lord’s crucifixion, shared the joys and mystery of His rising from the dead, and reigns with Him now as Queen of heaven and earth, and Mother of us all.

Lord Jesus, teach us to honor and cherish your Mother as you do, and to call upon her as advocate and intercessor in all that we do. Grace us, as you did her, with humility, obedience to your Word, and total surrender to your will. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Sample Track:

Track Listing:

1. Immaculate Mary

2. There Is Nothing Told

3. O Sanctissima/O Most Holy One

4. Holy Is His Name (Magnificat)

5. On This Day, O Beautiful Mother

6. Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly

7. Salve Regina

8. Hail Mary: Gentle Woman

9. Mother Dearest, Mother Fairest

10. Regina Caeli

11. Mother Dear, O Pray For Me

12. Bring Flowers of the Rarest

13. Mother, At Your Feet Is Kneeling

14. Our Lady of Fatima

15. Ave Maria (Gounod)

16. Hail, Holy Queen