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by Brett Manero This past February, my friend Ben and I made the trek to Florida from Denver, where we biked the coat to coast trail, which connects the east coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral to St. Petersburg, just west of Tampa. And what a trip! Not always the most easy one, but a…

by Brett Manero Something which has weighed on my mind for many months is this: we have forgotten about justice. We in the Catholic world have neglected what is so important to our faith and to a healthy society: justice. Without justice, there is no mercy. And mercy is the center and core of our…

by Brett Manero The Easter season is here: Jesus Christ has risen from the grave, death is conquered, salvation awaits us. And yet, why does life still feel so heavy? For a long time, Easter was my favorite holiday. It feels less intense than Christmas: there’s less pressure to purchase countless gifts, to deal with…

by Brett Manero There are some movie experiences where you leave the theater thinking, “Wow, that was an experience.” Some in my lifetime include The Dark Knight (2008), Les Miserables (2012), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The most recent one, and maybe the greatest of all of these, is Project Hail Mary. For anyone…

by Brett Manero When I turned sixteen years old, my father looked at me, snapped his fingers, and said: “It goes like that.” “Sure, Dad,” I probably thought, somewhat dismissing his words of caution as the excessive worries of a Baby Boomer. Fast forward many years, and I just recently turned forty years old. Forty.…

by Brett Manero It’s amazing, and indeed shocking, how the state of the world can change so rapidly. The two-year war in the Middle East came to an end some months ago, only for another to begin in recent weeks. Isn’t it difficult to know who to trust in these situations? The regime of Iran,…

by Brett Manero This is too many months late, but I finally got around to making this quick video of my trip to France in August of 2025. What a trip! The primary purpose was to visit the Normandy beaches, where the Allied armies landed in June of 1944. With veterans of World War II…

by Brett Manero Lent has begun, and I write this article with a slightly-injured hand endured during a cross-state bike ride in Florida this past week. More on that trip to come soon! During this trip, Lent began with Ash Wednesday. My friend Ben and I were unable to attend Mass because of the tricky…

by Brett Manero I’m a few days late, but this past week saw the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, commemorating when the Mother of God appeared to a teenage French girl named Bernadette in Lourdes, France, in 1858. Like nearly all appearances of the Blessed Mother, Mary appeared to Bernadette in absolute humility and…

by Brett Manero The news has been rife with talk of a possible American takeover of Greenland. President Donald Trump has stated that he desires to acquire Greenland as an American territory, and that this will be accomplished in one way or another. His spokesperson has implied that military action is not ruled out. Greenland…