The topic of Pro-Life and Pro-Choice provokes strong reactions for many people. Not being a woman myself, I respectfully offer this reflection for Respect Life Month. I hope to offer a gentler perspective and new conversation. I think it is important to first recognize the common grou
One of the great insights of priestly ministry in recent years is our need for affirmation. Yes, priests need affirmation — from their brother priests, bishops, parishioners, families, and friends. However, and I will never forget this — again, in the Seminary, the rector would always
“Come to me all you who labor and are burdened…” Matthew 11:28 This year’s Catechetical Sunday reminds us of the invitation we receive from the Lord Jesus to follow Him and the promise that He doesn’t want to add to our burdens; he wants to lighten them. Most of us h
Nervous smiles, giggling girls, bright new hairbows, shiny white sneakers, and bags brimming with new supplies are a few sights of the first day of school. Our new school year has begun and the quiet campus that was repaired and scoured throughout the summer now feels normal again as
We applauded Peter last Sunday when he professed in the Gospel that Jesus is the Messiah! We see a different Peter today however when he takes Jesus aside to stop Him in his Passion in Jerusalem. The intention of Peter was definitely good. He did not like Jesus to suffer! But his inte
If you have yet to visit the Vatican Museums in Rome, make sure that you don’t skip the “Stanze di Raffaello” also known as the Raphael Rooms on your way to the Sistine Chapel. Among the many frescoes done by the great Renaissance Master, Raphael, perhaps his most famous is The School
I have to admit: I love the summer break! Everything slows down a bit. Everything is less hectic; including for those who have to keep working. There is a certain atmosphere that no other time offers. A French song that embodies that summer feeling for me is “Lueur d’été” from the mov
I write to you outside the very chapel where Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three children during a time in Portugal where anti-Catholicism was high. It’s 104 degrees today yet I see thousands of pilgrims on their knees crawling to the holy ground. I ask myself, what can the wor
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” — John F. Kennedy. Most of us think of “transfiguration” as something that happened only to Jesus, once upon a time, a long time ago, on a distant mountain in a land
It’s still summertime; vacations are in full swing, the 17 is packed as expected as many transverse the mountain to get to the beach, and post COVID crowds are at the movies. Summer at the movies bring us a time to escape if we choose, but if we look closely into storylines of the fil
