Since we are at the beginning of the year I think it would be good to stir up some controversy. It is the surest cure...
The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Jan. 11. A story that floats around the Internet: A wealthy business man...
They came from the East. Who they were we do not know. History has assigned them names, but we do not know that Melchior, Balthasar...
I think that God wanted to experience touch, so God became human. God wanted to be in skin, to touch and be touched by God’s...
The Michigan bishops have urged us to consider 2015 the Year of Marriage. Why would the bishops speak of dedicating a year to the learning...
The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Dec. 21. All around our school building in North East Washington I suspect...
Today, December 18, was the 195th anniversary of Paulist founder and Servant of God, Father Isaac Hecker’s birth in 1819. December 22 will mark the...
Normally I would avoid beginning my reflections with a definition or etymology, but today it is important to consider that the word “Advent” comes from...
I am not an expert in racism, but for eight years I was the pastor of a community of African Americans in Memphis, Tenn. At...
If you go to church, you will invariably hear the sermon about how consumer gift buying, and that shopping is not what Christmas is all...
Father Hecker wrote: Our Lord does not tell us to close our eyes to the beauty of the world rather he invites us to the...
I was thinking lately that most of my education had a backwards slant – reading ancient languages and studying long-dead theologians. But in the past...