One of the worst sinking feelings we do not want to experience in our fast-paced world is pressing the ignition button and failing to hear the vrmmmm sound of our car awakening from its mechanical sleep.The readings (Is 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39);...
Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and Rome, in addition...
It starts with the reality of the question, “What is praise?” For most of us, we think praise is being thankful. It is not! Being thankful is a byproduct of praise, but it is not praise. Praise describes the...
Since my last essay was about Jesus’ Last Sermon, I thought it would be fitting for me to explore His First Sermon, which is better known as The Sermon on the Mount. It includes some of the most quotable sayings in the...
While it is comforting and reassuring to know from the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) that God’s love for us is such that we are guaranteed a safety net of grace were we to stray and become “big time...
Forty years ago a parish priest in Kansas, Father Stephen Scheier, was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and was rushed, unconscious, to a hospital for emergency treatment. Miraculously he survived, thanks in part...
Time is a very valuable gift given to us by the Lord. He is the owner of the vineyard where our “fig tree” is growing. It would be absurd to expect the fig tree to determine when its time is up. (Luke 13:1-9) That...
Each year, the solemnity of St Joseph invites me to delve deeper into this living gem of God. I love to call St Joseph gem of God because, as we shall see, he was and still is God’s gem for us in many ways. In...
God uses angels, other people and every possible means to impact our lives. I am convinced angels often appear to us if we are given the grace to see them, as Hebrews tells us. Do not neglect hospitality...
In the statistically insignificant experience of my life, I seem to be meeting more and more young people who boldly tell this Deacon that they “no longer practice the faith.” Everett Fritz[1] noted that the arguments...
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