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. […]

Miracles and the Man in the Water If a homeless man appeared in Washington Square Park and claimed to be Son of God, what would be the greater proof: if […]

Transfigured into God’s Love One of the first things I learned in Catholic school back in the Bronx was that I am made in the image and likeness of God. […]

This Moment A moment is all that is guaranteed to any one of us. And that moment is now — this moment. The past is gone, it lives on only […]