A few years ago, Carmen Aquino, a dear friend and parishioner, told me about one of her relatives who was martyred in the midst of the revol...

Exodus 17:8-13; Psalm 121:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 _________________ The other day Walmart was packed. I tend to avoid those sel...

Readings: Amos 8:4-7; Ps 113; 1Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 _______________________ An angel appears at the faculty meeting of a large Catholic u...

I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I’d neither met him, nor corresponded with him. I caught him a few times on TV, usually as he was interviewed by...

It's not often you meet someone, quite accidentally, enjoy and hour or so with them, and then later discover they're really quite fa...

Readings : Jgs 6:11-24a • Ps 85 • Mt 19:23-30 __________________________ Today’s readings always make me more than a little uncomfortable....

Readings: Jer 38:4-6,8-10; Ps 40; Heb 12:1-4, 8-19; Lk 12:49-53 As a deacon and an old, retired Navy Captain, I’m often asked to conduct c...

We lost a truly remarkable man on Thursday. Jim Lovell, Navy Captain, Naval Aviator, Gemini and Apollo astronaut, and all-around terrific gu...

Readings Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 ____________________ Over 21 years ago, shortly after we moved to The Villages, my w...