Today is Halloween — and, as you may have noticed, many of our Evangelical friends now shun America’s October spook festival altogether. They tell their children that Halloween is “the devil’s holiday” and that trick-or-treating is little better than dabbling with…

Pixar Animation Studio was founded in the 1980s by media moguls George Lucas and Steve Jobs, but whether they knew it or not, the guys who made their latest film release WALL*E (in theatres tomorrow) were working for God. So says…

We might notice something different about this Sunday's Mass. Instead of the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we have yet another solemnity. Instead of remembering the anniversary of a saint's death, we are celebrating his birth.

During the liturgical year, we…

"The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you."

With these words, Our Lord is telling us that the last act in His salvific…

"My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me."

Our Lord's words at the opening of the Gospel reading indicate two things.

First, God knows us. How well does he know us? In the Book of Psalms it is…

Our Lord once told a parable about a tax collector and a publican who went to the Temple to pray (LK 18:9-14). One of them sang his own praises, bragging about his righteousness and despising others less virtuous. The other…

On this first Sunday of Lent, we hear about the temptations of Our Lord. At the beginning of his public ministry, Satan tries to sway him from the way to Calvary, from the way to the cross and the work…

Today's Gospel reading is a continuation of last week's. It begins by saying that Jesus was speaking in the synagogue. Last week, Luke told us that Jesus was visiting the synagogue in His hometown, "as was His custom." In today's…

Repeatedly, the US Catholic Bishops have issued plaintive calls asking us to fix our "broken and destructive" criminal justice system here in America.  Most of us pay this call no attention at all.  Perhaps this is to be expected; I'm…

St. Augustine once said in a sermon: “The day I became a bishop, a burden was laid on my shoulders for which it will be no easy task to render an account.”

On another occasion, he said, “I must distinguish carefully…