The Letter of the Law In the Gospel for February 12thth, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus says to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of […]

 “All shall be well, all shall be well, all manner of thing shall be well.” Those are the words of Julian of Norwich, 14th century holy woman and Christian mystic. […]

All Saints In the Catholic calendar, November is the month for celebrating saints. On November 1st, we celebrate all the saints, and on November 14th, we recognize all the saints […]

Katie This was a homily I gave on the second Sunday in May 2010. It speaks about our little beagle, Katie, and what a gift from God she was for […]

Our Blessed Mother All my life I have had a deep devotion to Mary. She is known by many names: from Our Blessed Mother, to the Holy Virgin, to Our […]

Saint Josephine of the Bronx My Aunt Jo was a genuine saint. She lived to love and care for others. Never married, she worked in a paper box factory somewhere […]

Becoming the Body of Christ for Others While they were eating, he took some bread, and after a blessing he broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take […]

The Problem of Evil When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain . . . and began to teach them, saying . . . “Blessed are those […]

The Harvest is Abundant in Everyday Life Jesus was going through all the cities and villages teaching in the synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom, and healing every […]

Only Guests on the Journey of Life (The following reflection was originally written in 2015) I have a dear friend. His name is Tom and he’s only 51 years old. […]