Teach What You Believe

Before I get into this weekend’s homily – my apologies, as it seems that the blog software made a change months ago which prevented my work ...

  In last week’s Gospel Peter got it so right to the point where Jesus will use Peter as the foundation of his Church and then in the next m...

This Sunday we return to "Ordinary Time" but for the past 3 months, clearly nothing has been ordinary - forcing us to revisi...

This weekend we celebrated the 33 rd and final Sunday in Ordinary Time and over the past year Mark’s Gospel has given us the necessary w...

  Today’s Gospel may be one of the earliest instances recorded in the Bible of clericalism, for we hear the disciples arguing as to who...

This weekend our Sunday readings may have provided some confusion. For Jesus tells us to carry his yoke in order to find rest and Pau...

This Sunday’s Gospel gave us a partial look at Matthew’s job description for discipleship.  But leave it to my 13 month old grandson to...

During Advent we are called to celebrate that the Kingdom of God is here and now and at the same time still to come - that the Lord is t...

Today is the 33 rd and final Sunday in Ordinary Time. We call these Sunday’s “ordinary,” because they are simply numbered – or, ordinal....

In October 1974 I was a freshman at Oratory Prep in Summit, NJ and my Dad accompanied me to my first Father and Son Breakfast mass.  Fa...

Based on today’s Gospel it would seem that before Christ could begin his ministry, a time of desert wilderness was necessary.  This  Fi...

This Sunday we hear a continuation of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus continues teaching about a new way to live and love.   Author...

It seems that before Christ was ready to begin his ministry it required barren time in the desert – a place of solitude without distr...

“The sun will be darkened.”   “The moon will not give its light.”   “Stars will fall from the sky.” “Heaven and earth will pass away.” ...

This Sunday I was looking forward to heading back to my alma mater, the University of Scranton, to preach at their Sunday liturgies.   Bu...

A common conversation around the water cooler (where you can still find one!) may be to talk less that kindly about the “in-laws.” Well, ...

Reading the news this past week one could get the idea that the Church is circling the wagons.   Why you say?   Here is a smattering of...

This past month my wife, Teresa, attended a funeral of one her Master Gardener friends.   After more than 15 years battling cancer, the ...