Nov. 16, 2025Many of us, at least the adults, remember Sept. 11, 2001. We watched the unfolding of a great tragedy in our country, and as is often stated, everything changed. We saw the Twin Towers co...  Read More

Nov. 9, 2025As we have repeatedly noted, there are four major basilicas in Rome, and each has a particular significance.  These are St. Mary Major, St. Peter, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and the Basil...  Read More

Nov. 2, 2025The Church’s Liturgical Year runs from the First Sunday of Advent to the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (also Christ the King). Because of this, the month of November...  Read More

Oct. 26, 2025The first reading for this Sunday begins, “The Lord is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed.” In our ...  Read More

Oct. 12, 2025The Gospel for today is that of the 10 lepers who asked to be healed by Jesus. He sent them to the priests, who would rule on whether they could return to the community or not. Along thei...  Read More

Oct. 19, 2025St. Timothy was a young man who converted to Christianity under the guidance of St. Paul. He became a student of St. Paul who ordained him to the priesthood and to the order of bishop. Wh...  Read More

Oct. 5, 2025The Church in the United States celebrates October as Pro-Life Month, and it celebrates this first Sunday of October as Pro-Life Sunday. Unfortunately, since Roe v Wade was overturned, the...  Read More

Sept. 28, 2025There are two parables of Jesus about people going to Hell, and their sin is the same. In Matthew 25, we have the great parable of judgment in which all are divided into sheep and goats....  Read More

Sept. 21, 2025Today’s Gospel is one of the more confusing of all of Jesus’ messages. He tells of a steward who is about to be dismissed. He calls his master’s debtors and tells them to write off about...  Read More

Sept. 14, 2025In the 4th century, St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. While there, she discovered the location of the True Cross of Jesus and brought it back...  Read More

Sept. 7, 2025The Gospel for this Sunday is one of the more shocking teachings of Jesus. He says If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and...  Read More

Aug. 31, 2025Pride is considered to be the mother of all sins. Pride was the sin of Lucifer in Heaven, when he rebelled against God. Pride was the sin of our first parents in the Garden of Eden, when ...  Read More