Friday September 2, 2022

It's almost a universal phenomena. Across cultures and centuries, we love wedding receptions. A resounding joy often fills the venue. Whenever God tries to convey what Heaven is like with Him, he uses a wedding banquet to express the…

Wednesday August 31, 2022

We Christians are called to the dreary of darkness. Steal-hearted, we heal where sickness once reigned. Like checkmate against the grandmaster in Chess, we proclaim Christ crucified as the answer to the death. Call upon the name of all…

Sunday August 28, 2022

Friday August 26, 2022

The next time you're at an airport terminal for your flight, take a look around you. It's a fascinating circus of the human condition. The old school are reading books, while the digitally hooked scroll through their phones and laptops;…

Thursday August 25, 2022

To prevent raising monsters, every parents knows they cannot indulge their child's every whim. Otherwise, they begin to  replace the sun with their egos. Wealthy people, especially must guard against this easy tendency. For all the…

Wednesday August 24, 2022

A creepy, grotesque statue greets you when you walk into the Basilica of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma, southeast of Milan in northern Italy. It depicts St.

Monday August 22, 2022

For a first century Jew, the significance of calling the Virgin Mary a "queen" would not have been lost on him. Mary is queen precisely because her son, Jesus Christ, is the King of Kings. She bares within her womb the Incarnate Word of…

Sunday August 21, 2022

What I’ve learned over ten years of priestly ministry, no matter where God sends me, one reality will always be the same. It will never change. Whenever I walk into a room full of people, or in my case, a church full of people,…

Saturday August 20, 2022

Cada vez que entro en un cuarto lleno de gente, o en mi caso, en una iglesia llena de gente, una cosa es por seguro... habrá dolor en ese lugar. Muchas personas llevan un enorme peso sobre sus hombros. Muchos de nosotros en este momento…

Friday August 19, 2022

Dead, dry bones are everywhere in the vision of the prophet Ezekiel today in the First Reading at Mass (Cf. Ezekiel 37:1-14). God commands him to bring them back to life. Notice the technique.