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...
On the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the familiar term Kingdom of Heaven. It must be quite important because we hear it often; but do we clearly know what it refers to? Other similar terms are: the Good News, the Gospel, Jesus Christ, the...
Many important events involve a public commitment by someone. For instance, in just a few days Donald Trump will again be inaugurated as President of the United States; during this ceremony he will place his hand on the...
On New Year’s Day, when we celebrated the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, it was important to ask a pertinent question: What makes us love and honor Mary so much? We know that Mary is not a god. She himself...
The story is that Mark Zuckerberg’s parent company Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has replaced its controversial “fact checking program” with one similar to Elon Musk’s program X. Fact...
Kenny Rogers, in his song The Gambler, said I need to “know when to fold them, know when to walk away, and know when to run.” I’ve been running for years. I never felt quite secure again after the first layoff propelled...
I am a creature of habit, especially for eating my lunch almost every day. This is especially true when I find a tuna sandwich I really like. I believe I have been doing this regularly for over 70 years. There is a...
Now that we have kicked off the Jubilee of Hope, it is of the utmost importance not just to consider this year as a year of grace of the Lord but also to snatch the graces God gives us to sanctify us. One of the...
I recently read an essay in my diocesan newspaper about Joe Biden, still officially our president, and his recent basket of pardons, including several commutations of the death penalty. The US Conference of Catholic...
I wish to place before you an image of goalposts. And now, with this image embedded in your imagination, let us twist it and imagine these earthly goalposts as divine. Now regarding divine goalposts, I would wager that...
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