Scripture says, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns’” (Is 52:7).

Rightly do these words apply…

I love to read novels. There are times, however, when I give in to the temptation to leaf ahead and see what happens next. Naturally, I run the risk of discovering some key plot twist, i.e. the death of a…

I once read a “Frank and Ernest” comic strip featuring Moses presenting the Ten Commandments to the Israelites. Someone asks him a question and he says he will go and ask God for the answer. Up the mountain he goes; down…

One of the first things to come to mind when reflecting on this week’s Gospel reading is the book entitled, The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I have not read it, so I am not sure what it says.…

People seem to like it when Our Lord says things like, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone,” or, “Judge not.” It seems they are taken to mean Catholics have no business speaking out against sin and…

God has a rather funny way of showing us that a little can go a long way.

A few days before writing this, I was eating dinner with some parishioners and discussing last-minute details regarding World Youth Day. I left early…

There has been at least one occasion in my life when I successfully played the matchmaker. A few years before I was ordained, I introduced one of my housemates to a girl I knew from college. They went on to…

“Anyone appointed to be a watchman for the people must stand on a height for all his life to help them by his foresight.
“How hard it is for me to say this, for by these very words I denounce myself.…

When we think of Pentecost, what immediately comes to mind?

Hopefully we think of the event recalled in this Sunday’s first reading. The Apostles, along with Mary, the mother of Jesus, are gathered in the Upper Room. The Scriptures tell us…

It was not all that long ago that we were celebrating the birth of Jesus. The lights and decorations in the malls and in our homes, the Christmas carols and cards depicting scenes of the Holy Family all give the…