April 3, 2024Dear Friends, I hope that you are all doing well. Thought I should let you know how I am doing.   The doctors did diagnose me with a small stroke. It did not cause any paralysis or slurri...  Read More

March 24, 2024Today we begin the most sacred time of the Church’s year—Holy Week. I want to give you a brief explanation of each of the events.     At the beginning of this Mass, we celebrate the triu...  Read More

March 17, 2024Today is March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick was born in the 4th Century, in England. When he was in his teens he was kidnapped by pirates and taken to Ireland, where he was sold into s...  Read More

March 10, 2024It deeply saddens me when so many people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and in other conversations indicate that they believe in a God who is angry and vengeful and who is just looki...  Read More

March 3, 2024Through the years, some people have reacted to the story of the cleansing of the temple by commenting that Jesus “sinned” through this action. Their reasoning is that Jesus went to the te...  Read More

Feb. 25, 2024Our first reading this Sunday tells the story of the testing of Abraham. Childless until old age, Abraham and Sarah had only one child together—Isaac. God promised Abraham that through th...  Read More

Feb. 18, 2024The 40 days that Christ spent in the desert is the model for our Christian Lent. So is the 40 days of the story of Noah and the flood, which our second reading today tells us is a foresha...  Read More

Feb. 11, 2024Today is World Marriage Day. Christopher West, one of the leading teachers of the Theology of the Body, has commented that as the family goes, so goes society, and as marriage goes, so go...  Read More

Feb. 4, 2024Next Sunday, Feb. 11, is the World Day of the Sick. One of the most important parts of Jesus’ ministry was that of healing. In an era where there was little knowledge of healing, people wh...  Read More

Jan. 28, 2024This Friday, Feb. 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, when Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the Temple to present Him to God and to fulfill the purification rites for Jesus a...  Read More

Jan. 21, 2024Last week I began talking to you about an opportunity offered for everyone from the With One Heart program.  It is called Parish Missionary Disciples and is intended to help individuals t...  Read More

Jan. 14, 2024The Gospel for this Sunday is the account of the day after Jesus was baptized. John the Baptist was standing by the river Jordan talking to two of his disciples. Jesus walked by, and John...  Read More