The Paschal Mystery: Dying to live!
Each year as we come into these first days of November, the church’s liturgy asks us to give serious thought [...]
Each year as we come into these first days of November, the church’s liturgy asks us to give serious thought [...]
Wags have suggested that friends are God’s way of apologizing for one’s family. We receive our family, somewhat ready-made, but [...]
Very few things are more evident in our world than the reality of human sinfulness. Even the quickest glance in [...]
This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ or “Corpus Christi” as it [...]
The Gospel of John tells us that on Easter Sunday evening, the newly risen Jesus breathed upon his disciples and [...]
Over the years, an occasional comment in letters from adolescent candidates for confirmation has dealt with evolution. Much to my [...]
Every year from Jan. 18, the former Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, through the Feast of the Conversion [...]
Folks of my vintage may remember the faithful recitation of the Creed in Latin at Mass each Sunday morning, and [...]
One of the most haunting hymns of Advent begins, “Conditor alme siderum,” loosely translated as “Fair Creator of the stars.” [...]
One of the frequent themes that surfaces in the confirmation letters, which I have been privileged to read over these [...]