66 years ago today, the kids in the Peanut Gallery responded to this question for the first time with, "It's Howdy Doody time!...

For the second time in a week, the readings for a Mass at which I was asked to preach included the genealogy the begins Matthew's Gospel...

Sunday afternoon Dear Diane and I sat in the very comfortable seats at one of our many theaters here in The Villages, munched overpriced pop...

I've embedded below a video of this year's Erasmus Lecture, sponsored by First Things magazine. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks delivered this...

Despite the ever-lengthening Christmas shopping season and all the hubbub surrounding it, this holy day always seems to arrive suddenly. Adv...

(Late Note: my apologies for the bad links in the earlier post. They have now been fixed.) Every once in a while I can't help myself a...

Readings: Jer 23:5-7; Psalm 72; Mt 1:18-25 ______________ St. Joseph's Dream As we move toward the end of our Advent journey, tod...

For the past few evenings our pastor, Father Peter, conducted a mission in the parish on the meaning and spirituality of the Eucharist. It...

Readings: Is 35:1-6,10; Ps 146:6-10; Jas 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11 __________________________ Today is Gaudete Sunday, the Sunday of Joy, a day ...

Readings: Is 40:25-31; Psalm 103; Mt 11:28-30 “…my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” When I first heard these words as a child, I aske...

Every so often I like to make the readers of this blog -- a tiny but most influential group of folks with far too much time on their hands ...

In response to the recent (October 2013) meeting of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis wrote and released an apostolic exhortation,  “ Evang...

On Thursday I sort-of helped Dear Diane as she cooked an absolutely wonderful meal for our guests at the Wildwood Soup Kitchen. The soup kit...

Usually I spend quite a bit of time preparing my homilies. Before I sit down to write, I pray, asking the Holy Spirit to guide me. And as I ...

Tuesday, 5 November 2013 -- At Sea Okay, not quite. Our first sighting of land is still several hundred miles to the west, but today is our ...

I just realized that, despite my promise to do so, I never posted anything describing our weekend in the beautiful city of Bath. I'll tr...