I suppose we can all agree that the Christmas Season is certainly a busy time of the year; indeed, sometimes a bit too busy. So much of our ...

The Pope on Christmas . Here's a link to the Holy Father's address at his weekly audience -- December 17 -- in which he takes up the...

Like many Christians, for much of my life I have plodded along doing what I believed, often mistakenly, to be God's will for me. Too oft...

Yesterday, the 1st Sunday of Advent, signifies the beginning of a new liturgical year. This year we change to Cycle B which will focus on th...

Today, on this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we turn our minds and hearts to Jesus, to Christ the King. It's especially appropriat...

This morning, in my capacity as my parish's director of liturgy, I attended a diocesan workshop focused on liturgical issues surroundin...

President Obama. The past few weeks have certainly been interesting, and not just politically. The American people have spoken and in doing ...

Among the many good things that have happened recently is the Synod of Bishops that concluded in Rome on October 23. The Synod, called by Po...

As Election Day approaches, more Catholic bishops have been acting like true shepherds and courageously speaking out on the inescapable fac...

Browsing some of my favorite websites this morning I encountered some interesting comments that I believe are worth sharing. They represent ...

We're up in Massachusetts now, visiting the kids and grandkids , and not at all appreciative of the colder weather. The change in temper...

As a deacon, one of the ministries in which I'm actively involved is the Wildwood Soup Kitchen, located, appropriately enough, in Wildwo...

No matter how I try to focus on other issues, I keep coming back to politics and the upcoming election. I suppose I should actually say curr...

Persecution of Indian Christians. Perhaps one of the most under-reported news stories involves what is happening to Christians, and particul...

If you have turned on a television or a radio lately, you certainly know we're in the middle of political prime time. Maybe I've jus...

I haven't posted much of late simply because I've been so busy. But even though I haven't written anything, I have pondered a fe...

OK, I've placed almost 100 of the photos I took while in Rome on flickr.com. If you want to view them, click here . Then, click on ...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I actually took about 1,200 photos when we were in Rome. This, of course, wouldn't have happened ten ...

The above is a strange title but it's just the outcome of a some equally strange thoughts that bubbled up in my brain earlier today as I...