Readings: Ex 22:20-26; Ps 103; 1 Thes 1:5c-10; Mt 22:33-40 _______________________ Remember last Sunday’s Gospel passage? Sure you do. ...

Earlier this morning I came across an article that should cause all Americans to shudder. The likelihood that it will have little effect on ...

Readings: Is 5:1-7; Ps 80; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21: 33-43 ----------------- About 30 years ago, after the United States Navy once again trans...

Readings: Ez 18:25-28: 7; Ps 103; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21: 28-32 _________________ Some years ago, a friend, a retired a State Trooper, told m...

Given the busyness of my life in recent weeks, I neglected to post this brief weekday homily. Better late than never, I suppose. ----------...

This year, a year in which we mark the centennial of the start of the First World War, we can only look back in sad amazement at the tragic ...

Every so often I come across a few isolated news stories that together offer more than a glimpse into the decay of our once-civilized societ...

Nothing surprises me anymore. I don't know whether the world has degenerated into absolute weirdness or that nothing can escape the atte...

Readings: 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18 • Ps 128 • Mt 23:27-32 Today's Gospel passage includes two of what are called the “seven woes” – seve...

ISIL The citizens of the civilized world, as well as those of us who live in the once-civilized world, are understandably appalled by th...

We have in recent years (decades?) so misused the language that it has become a challenge to comprehend exactly what some folks are trying t...