Just a recommendation to read Victor Davis Hanson's latest on President Obama and Donald Trump. Here's the link: Two of a Kind ...

I don't often get political on this blog. Occasionally, though, stuff happens that simply cannot be ignored. Donald Trump would be emi...

Readings: EX 12:37-42 • Psalm 136 • Gospel: Mt 12:14-21 ___________________ Good morning, everyone! And it is a good morning, for we’re...

Readings: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12 • Psalm 103 • Mt 11:25-27 ________________________________________ Pere Marie-Joseph Lagrange, one of the fo...

Readings: Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24; Ps 30; 2Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mk 5:21-43 Oh, what a gospel reading this is for us! Mark, inspired by the Sp...

Not long ago President Obama suggested that as a nation we provide free education for anyone who attends a community college. For the presid...

This past weekend Dear Diane and I joined other deacons and their wives on a couples retreat sponsored by the Office of the Permanent Diacon...

I just received the latest issue of First Things , one of the few journals I could not do without. If you don't subscribe to First Thin...

Readings: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118; Mk 16:9-15 -------------------------- Today, as we approach the end of the Easter Octave, our eight-day ce...

This morning our parish celebrated Mass followed by a healing service. I was honored to have been asked to preach, and privileged to join my...

Readings: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Ps 147; 1Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 ---------------------------- A day in the life of Jesus – this is what ...

Readings: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15 • Psalm 103 • Mk 6:1-6 In my previous parish on Cape Cod I used to visit a local nursing home a couple of ti...