Arguably the most difficult challenge to our salvation is the call to forgiveness. Be merciful...
In 1896 a German immigrant to the United States, a man named Emmanuel Ninnger, paid for his...
I love to sing and have been doing so all my life. It began at home, my father being a singer in the Neapolitan tradition. In Miami I began singing with Community chorales and church choirs. Then I performed in theater...
Advent has been called Little Lent. The idea is interesting since it captures the spirit of penance. Although the Code of Canon Law, precisely in Canon 1250 says that The penitential days and...
I don’t mean to make him look like a fool or make him look incompetent. He is competent. But there are limits to competence. It’s not magical. We just think that it is sometimes. We think that we can draw a little...
Once upon a time there was a kingdom in which every city, town, and village was responsible for maintaining its own streets and the nearby roads. Most of them did a good job, but there was one town in the kingdom where...
Several years ago, I served on the board of directors of a pair of Atlantic City, New Jersey hotels. It was in Atlantic City that Charles Darrow created the board game Monopoly in 1933. As a child I loved to evaluate my...
One of the main themes which emerge in the Gospel of St John is, clearly, life. Already in the prologue of the Fourth Gospel we find the theme of life mentioned twice whereas within the entire Gospel text we find it...
When on November 21, 2024, we celebrated the feast day of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple, some thoughts just flashed in my mind. Since this feast offers us some interesting insight I felt it...
In a world increasingly dominated by technological advancement, the Rosary serves as a timeless, portable companion imbued with biblical essence. The Rosary, much like modern technology that compacts vast amounts of...
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