“Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.” What a wonderful little detail, a small moment. This small aspect of our Gospel […]

Today we celebrate All Souls Day. In Her “universal call to holiness,” the Church challenges us by asking, “What must we to do in order to join the company of […]

The explosion occurred at 12:07 p.m., on October 3, 1962 when about 100 employees of the New York Telephone Company’s uptown Manhattan building – most of them young women – […]

“For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45). This passage for me sums up our faith better than any other one. Not […]

“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Wow! In our Gospel […]

“True love is your soul’s recognition of its counterpoint in another,” goes the old saw and, like so many platitudes, it is at once tiresome and striking. Certainly, that seems […]

One of my majors at Seton Hall University was Catholic Studies, with a particular focus on American studies. When most people suggest one shouldn’t talk about religion or politics at […]

It is Catechetical Sunday and the official kickoff of the catechetical season in the American Church—essentially Sunday school is back. This year’s theme is “Safeguarding the Dignity of Every Human […]

Wow! St. James really is challenging us in this week’s second reading. James, and his followers who wrote the letter we read today, is putting all the cards on the […]

This week’s Sunday Mass readings are a true gift from our Church. The Church in Her wisdom has been able to connect for us the hope of salvation described by […]