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...
I got on the wrong tram at San Francisco Airport. I have been using that train many times, but thought I knew a better route....
We know that Christmas is near. The commercial chatter about Christmas started more than four weeks ago, right about the time of Halloween. (Amazing!) But...
As we head into the Advent season where Mary’s role in God’s plan of salvation is prominently featured in the feasts of the Immaculate Conception...
Giving thanks and preparing the Way:A Thanksgiving and Advent message from the Paulist President “I give thanks to my God always on your account for...
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for most people. It is a time of gathering of families and friends, sometimes together, sometimes just family and then...
A cure for fear is honesty. I am an example of this. I can keep things to myself and show you a together person you...
As the light of day slowly ebbs its evening shadows out of our lives earlier and earlier, I was captivated by the light thrown on...