Pope Francis makes me uncomfortable. There…I said it! Somehow I think that I\’m not the only one who feels this way. Every time the Holy
Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping? Shakespeare, Hamlet, II:ii On July 16, 2011, during the funeral rites of Dr. Otto
It’s ironic. The same day President Obama was in New York lecturing the United Nations on human rights and moral imperatives, a religious congregation of
With a second mega-interview with Pope Francis now appearing in La Repubblica and with a wide-ranging interview published September 19, our Holy Father Pope Francis has
Tantum ergo Sacramentum Down in adoration falling veneremur cernui;
One of the problems an ordinary human person faces while trying to accept God\’s providence is the way God gives; God gives us what we
In a few short weeks my wife Miriam and I will be welcoming our first born, Isabella. The approaching of this holy and awesome life-changing
In Exodus 2, the Bible points out that Moses’ parents were Levites. The tribe of Levi would be chosen to perform holy service and they would be set apart by
On December 8,1992, an article appeared in the science section of the New York Times under the headline \”A Rising Cost of Modernity: Depression.\” The
In our rush-to-be-fed-and-entertained modern life (so we will feel pleasure as we bloat) how often are you going to read a story or be shown
The worst possible fate for me would be to die and discover that I had lived an existence similar to the allegory described in Plato’s Cave. Plato
Having a parent in a nursing home means meeting new people. And so it was during a recent visit with my elderly parents in Michigan.
In his recent commencement address, the President of Christendom College, Dr. O’Donnell, reflected that everyone has his “Galilee”, a place where he connected with God
One of my favorite Scripture stories is the Parable of The Vineyard Workers ( Matthew 20:1-16) wherein a landowner pays the exact same pay to
In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through watching movies. As
When I became Catholic I had a lot of questions and a lot of issues with the things that the Catholic Church teaches; I spent
Over the course of our lives, it is inevitable that we will experience suffering. It is also inevitable that this suffering will cause us to
The Communion song this last Sunday at the 11:30 a.m. Mass was “The Servant Song”. One might say it’s one of those Gather Hymnal songs
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
In my August 5th post, I claimed that the foundation of all human knowledge is one’s own personal experience. Further I noted that no one
Roughly six months ago, after many prayers, tears and anxious months of waiting, my wife, Miriam, and I learned with great joy that we are
I confess. Somehow in this culture it seems like a weak little phrase. It lacks self-confidence. It suggests that you are not going to defend
TGIF . . . Who has not heard that expression of weekly survival signaling weekend revival? My research indicates that the expression coalesced from the popular celebrations of the completion
This week, we\’ve had some great role models for priests. St. John Eudes and Pope St. Pius X, both great men of holiness, men who
