Twenty years ago, just a few days before he was elected to succeed Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger preached the homily at the M...

Readings: Prv 8:22-31 ; Ps 8:4-9; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15 __________________________ First, to all the fathers out there, and to the grandf...

Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145; Rev 21:1-5; Jn 13:31-35 _________________________ Early in the morning, while it’s still dark, I often ta...

The following was sent to me as a text a few minutes ago. I can’t vouch for its source, but from all I’ve heard of our new pope, I expect i...

Just a brief note, a comment or two on the denizens of Washington, D.C., specifically members of Congress and the media.  The vast majority ...

Note: Early Easter Sunday morning our parish community lost a holy man, Deacon Byron Otradovec, 92, a man I often called my BFF (Best Florid...

Readings: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93; Jn 7:7b-15 ___________________  Did you get the sense that Nicodemus maybe didn’t want to be seen with Je...

Readings:   Is 43:16-21; Ps 126; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 _______________________________  Do any of you watch those TV movies on the Hall...