“Right is right, even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong about it.” - G. K. Chesterton For years, no for decades,...

Just a quick update on my last post.  It's always nice to find others who agree with you, but it's especially rewarding when the ...

70 years ago, when I was a little kid living in then-rural Connecticut, our dog, an adventurous German Shepherd named Clipper, liked to go n...

The parish's Council of Catholic Women asked me to conduct a Morning of Reflection -- really about a one-hour series of talks -- on Satu...

I have embedded a video of this homily below -- preached on Sunday, 23 February 2020. The complete text (more or less) follows the video. ...

I really shouldn't be bothered by so much "little" stuff that, in the overall scheme of things (i.e., God's plan for salva...

I've embedded a video of this homily here. The complete text follows the video. Readings: Is 58:7-10; Ps 128:1-5; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt ...

I have embedded a video of this homily below. The complete text follows the video: Readings: Is 8:23-9:3; Ps 27; 1 Cor 1:10-13,...

I have embedded a video of this homily below. Preached on Monday, January 20, 2020, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Wildwood, Flor...

Ellen Thomas 1949-2020 Last week Diane and I lost a dear friend. Ellen Thomas, the wife of Deacon Walter Thomas, died suddenly and unexp...