When I was at St. Mary’s in Stamford, which is a mostly-Hispanic parish, there used to be a running joke among the priests that all
So here is your Jeopardy question of the day: what famous American has on his tombstone the epitaph “My Jesus Mercy”? Answer: Al Capone. One
St. Pope John Paul the Great once said, “Man can only find himself in a sincere gift of himself.” He is echoing Jesus’ connection between
It’s funny how your life can change in an instant with something that seems so small, so insignificant. In 1906, a 12-year-old Polish boy named
You’ve probably seen “clickbait” everywhere on the Internet. For the uninitiated, “clickbait” refers to a headline that is purposely sensational, so that you click on
A few years back, I was leading a group of boys through their Boy Scout Catholic Award. After the first session, one of the boys
The people of Thessalonica were eagerly expecting the second coming of Jesus and it was their hope that Jesus would meet all of them alive
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay
We must not think that our love has to be extraordinary. But we do need to love without getting tired. How does a lamp burn?
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him something. He said to her,
O my Jesus, Thou who art very Love, enkindle in my heart that Divine Fire which consumes the Saints and transforms them into Thee. O
“We cannot make circumstances turn out in a specific, pre-determined resolution of our preference. We can, however, know that when these decisions greet us, we can cut every tie, every umbilical, every grasp, and offer ourselves to the equation, regardless of the pain.”
Remind me to get and read a good biography of Mother Angelica then next time I have a spare moment… As you probably know, Mother
I have been thinking about saints a lot recently. Not any particular saint, but just saints in general. You see, a few years ago I
I have a confession to make: the majority of my friends aren’t Catholic. Many are, indeed, Protestant and for some reason, they all look at me
In the Year of Faith I was asked by my local Catholic newspaper to write about what faith means to me. Here’s my thoughts: Faith
