During Advent and Christmas seasons, Catholics’ attention focus mainly on “baby” Jesus. So, too, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and contemplate Jesus’
I have heard it said many a time that when God closes a door, He opens a window. While this may be the case in
Living in a Luke 12:53 moment? I use that term to refer broadly to our current cultural milieu. We live in a time when we
Imagine you are living in Nazareth 2,000 years ago. You awaken one morning and notice a man packing items on a donkey in preparation for
The Feast of the Holy Family is one of the important celebrations of the Christmas Season – in fact, it is my personal favorite. It
When the Son of God was born, He entered the human world and became the loving, obedient Son of Mary and Joseph. Let us ponder
After two millennia, our veneration of Mary might make it somewhat difficult to imagine how St. Joseph might have seen her when he first heard
This is the second installment in a trilogy of articles written under the banner of “Three Chords and the Truth”. The first article, “Angels and
Pope Francis has, once again, gotten himself in trouble with those bloggers who are often more than ready to criticize his every word. This time,
Not even ten minutes pass after Mass, and you find yourself sitting in the parish hall breaking up an argument between the kids who are
During a recent homily, the priest told a story that I feel is extremely profound and important for today, perhaps even more so than he
