Oh, St. Anthony look around; something is lost and cannot be found. Or is it ‘someone’ is lost? Ever think about where you fit in a sociological sense or belong within the body of Christ? What role do we play in the coming of Thy Kingdom? Or, ever...
Once there was a British story named Tom Brown’s School Days; it was about a very popular boy named Tom who was a student at an English boarding school. He and a dozen other boys lived in one of...
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. (Matthew 11:29) How can Jesus’ “yoke,” (i.e. his challenging teachings) be construed as “easy” and its burden “light?” Jesus’ yoke is...
During another drought of inspiration, I searched through my essays that were never submitted for publication. During this search, I stumbled on an essay I had called Heaven on My Mind. I wrote it, probably after...
On this 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the lesson that Jesus wishes to teach us is a life lesson, in the sense that it forces us to see where, instinctively, we place ourselves in the context of our relationship with God...
Donald Trump’s problem and the problem of many American voters, though separate, are very much intertwined. Trump’s problem is his propensity for stream of consciousness speaking, and it was on full...
It was an interesting weekend for me. I embarked on a journey to a renowned Catholic university, drawn by the allure of a football game. The experience was steeped in tradition, marked by grandiose basilicas, pregame...
One morning the mother of a two-year-old boy was horrified to find him playing with an empty bottle of her husband’s heart medicine. She couldn’t get her son to tell her what had happened to the pills in the bottle, so...
“Ephphatha, be opened.” Today, Jesus orders us to be opened to the Father’s plan and to adopt a sincere concern for all his children across the globe, across the millennia. We are to do so in virtue of our Baptism. The...
Holiness is not just for priests and nuns. There is a universal call to holiness. We can see it in Scripture: 1 Peter 1:15-16 “But as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, for it...
When on Tuesday, August 13th, the Capuchin Order was celebrating the feast of Blessed Mark of Aviano, it came into my mind and heart how the life of this holy Capuchin priest was filled with his love for God’s peace. In...
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