The Season of Lent is upon us! I decided to begin Lent this year as I do every year with a trip to the Sacrament of Reconciliation....

“Not only hearers but doers of the word.” This simple line from today’s first reading was the motto for my High School. The Letter of...

The high holy day of Hallmark is upon us! The Feast of Saint Valentine (Valentine’s Day). In truth, it’s not the Feast of the man, Saint...

At Mass this morning the homilist directed our attention to the First Reading, where we heard about King David’s last words to his son...

Today the Church throughout the world celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This is the day that we celebrate Christ as...

"Do you not yet have faith?" Jesus asks this question of his Disciples in today’s Gospel when, in a terrified panic, they awake a...

“Never trust a man with only one book.” Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast we celebrate today, is known not only for his magnificent...

Do you know anything about horses? Thanks to a new Spiritual Directee I have recently had the opportunity to learn quite a bit about...

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany, where we commemorate the visit of the Magi to the Christ child. The obvious...

Behold! This seemingly simple – and rarely used- word is seen throughout the story of Christmas in Sacred Scripture. One of the most...

Have you ever noticed the unique and dramatic pose of some of the figures in the Nativity scene? Growing up, my parents had a traditional...

As a bit of a gym rat, I find myself entering the most dreaded season of all: New Years. When January 1st comes, any gym goer will tell...

If there is one thing there is no shortage of in Rome, it’s relics. Before we left on our pilgrimage, someone was telling me the story of...

The novel Great Expectations, is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in the 1800s, that chronicles the life and times of the orphan Pip....

Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours. This would seem to be providential in the United States as we...

I was delighted this weekend to hear the Gospel that the Church gave us from Saint Luke. This text serves as the jumping point for Saint...

When we say we are the Church, that doesn’t mean that it is a democracy and the majority rules...

Really life is much more like a full look at that bush isn’t it? Through those dead branches peaks the color of the other side.

There’s a reason Jesus spent so much time on the water, and a reason why he chose to make such good friends with fishermen…and to then in...

Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, but in my heart I celebrate the feast of a saint who I had the joy of...