Memory is one of God's great gifts because it keeps alive the people and events of the past so we can, in a certain sense, relive and re...

Note: It seems hard to believe that my ordination to the permanent diaconate was 25 years ago today. I and 20 other men were ordained by Sea...

"I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly" [Jn 10:10] ________________________ For years, really for decade...

For Dear Diane and me April and May have been strange months.  The first thing that happened was a car accident. I was sitting at a red ligh...

Let me begin simply by repeating the chant of a large collection of pro-abortion screamers who were trying to disrupt worshippers at a Catho...

This morning., right before 6 a.m., Maddie and I left the house to take our morning walk. It was still about 3/4 of an hour before sunrise, ...

We hear a lot about violence today. The Left screams about the so-called violence of January 6 "insurrection" at the Capitol; alth...

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

Before our wonderful cantors led us in singing the chaplet in day nine of the Divine Mercy Novena, I offered the following brief reflection:...

Every so often, someone asks me: "What are you reading lately?" Most often the question comes from a friend or acquaintance who...

 At this time of year, our parish prays the Divine Mercy Novena, led by our deacons and ably aided by our wonderful musicians. I was asked t...

Readings: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51; Lk 18:9-14 When we look over the broad scope of these 40 days of Lenten readings, perhaps the most common them...