St. Paul’s two letters to Timothy are filled with solid pastoral advice to his young cohort whom Paul had traveled with extensively, trained in the Faith, sent on sensitive missions and commissioned to oversee the Church in Ephesus as its…

God brought Mike Vida into my life when I was a seminarian serving at St. William of York Parish in the summer of 1984. He ran a hardware store on Route 1 not far from the parish in Stafford. He…

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus invites us to be rich in what matters to God, His Father. This comes on the heels of offering a strong warning about greed and how destructive it is to the human spirit. Greed has…

People encounter God in a wide variety of ways: in the good example of a believer, the longing for something greater than what this world typically offers, serious suffering, the magnetic power of the truth, or even a direct inspiration…

St. Paul’s discussion of the Eucharist in his first letter to the Corinthians is highly significant for Christians because it confirms the importance of the Eucharist for the life of each Christian and it deepens our understanding of this great…

As we approach the end of the Easter season, we start preparing for Pentecost as a Church. Consequently, the readings for the last few weeks of Easter begin to address the fundamental role of the Holy Spirit in the life…

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the defining event in all of history for us as Christians. God formed, prepared and journeyed with His chosen people for 2000 years, getting them ready for His radical intervention into…

Stories depicting real events in the Gospels have a particular power and appeal. It is a real grace to ponder what Jesus said and did and how others responded, even if the events come to us through the perspective of…

The prophet Jeremiah exhorts us to trust in the Lord. He says that those who trust in human beings and who seek strength in the flesh are like a barren bush in the desert. In contrast, he says, “Blessed is…

St. John the Evangelist nourishes the Christian at a veritable feast today, a nuptial feast. In the famous wedding at Cana where Jesus performs the first of His signs or miracles, John describes the event with carefully chosen words. He…