The most popular question asked on Good Friday every year is, “In light of what happened today, why do we call it ‘Good’ Friday? What...

“Then the angel departed from her.” Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation. This story that we have heard a...

I love Advent. I remember when I was ministering in the Parish I had happily designated myself the “Advent Police,” because I was...

Tomorrow the Church celebrates – in some places- the Feast Day of Our Lady of Providence. For certain, it’s a big day of celebration in...

Due to a technical difficulty, this post comes two days late. It was written for Wednesday, May 13, 2020: the day we celebrate Our Lady...

Today we begin the month of May! It is certainly appropriate that this month that is dedicated to Our Lady begins with a Feast Day for...

During these days of COVID-19 craziness, as we well know, Catholics across the globe are figuring out how to practice their Eucharistic...

“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...

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...

"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...

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. This dogma of the Church articulates that the Blessed Virgin Mary,...

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...

The fourth step of any twelve step program of recovery invites the participant to a “searching and fearless moral inventory” of their...

In the Gospel the Church has given us for this weekend Jesus speaks to us as the Good Shepherd. “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and...