I know a priest from Savannah, Georgia, who told me that one day, two ladies showed up at his parish, asking him to come bless
When I was a teen, I used to go on week-long retreats with my family to an amazing place that has a seriously embarrassing name:
Back in the eleventh century in Trani, Italy, a non-Christian woman was debating her Christian neighbors about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Larry Bird was perhaps the greatest basketball player in history, but it didn’t always come naturally. Every morning before school, he would go to the
Last Sunday’s Gospel speaks to us of some counter-cultural themes: forgiveness, chastity, faithfulness. Let’s look at some of these themes. First, forgiveness. This is a
I heard that fans of Star Trek tried to translate the Bible into the fictional language of Klingon…but they couldn’t do it, because there was
Around the year 1300 in a small mountain village of northwest Spain called O’Cebriero, it was snowing hard on a cold winter’s day. The priest
One of the stranger things about the last couple years has been the rise of “Cancel Culture”. For those who are unfamiliar with the term,
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
The word “baptize” in Greek means “to immerse”. And this is fitting, because Jesus’ baptism wasn’t a few drops of water sprinkled on the head
If Jesus Christ is King of the Universe, why is the world so messed up? Why is it that, despite our best efforts, it seems
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
In just a few moments, we will profess in our Creed that we believe God created things “visible and invisible.” Much of our faith is
In the fourth century, a priest named Nestorius was wrestling with a thorny question: can we really call Mary the “Mother of God”? How can
“My faith is very important to me.” How many times have we heard that said? I hear it dozens of times…and it usually means something
Our first reading is such a great scene from the life of Abraham, but we often picture it wrongly. God promises him that he will
Imagine if you were to go home tonight and you go to switch on your favorite lamp, but nothing happens. So you replace the light
Are you a disciple? I would guess that in this church today, not everyone is a disciple. Some are here because they are forced to
Cardinal Dolan tells a great story about when he was in graduate school in Washington, DC and would frequently make the 800-mile drive back and
I have a relative who is an avowed atheist, which makes for very interesting conversations when I go home for the holidays. Last year we
In the early 1900s, a group of French missionary priests called the White Fathers (so-called because of their white habits) began mission work in French
