It seems that conflict has become the norm these days. Well, many centuries ago, the prophet Isaiah faced much conflict as well. The...

In the Gospel reading for July 14, St. Mark told us that no sooner had Jesus called His twelve Apostles, He sent them out, two by two, on...

The votes were counted and by a margin of more than 10 to 1 the measure passed. In the past few weeks, France became the first nation in...

In the First Reading for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, we heard God’s call to Jonah to His service. Then, in the Gospel reading, we...

Hostility, anger, division; it’s not by chance that we hear the words of Sirach for the First Reading on the 24th Sunday of Ordinary...

The people of God have always been at odds with the world. Sometimes the conflict is very intense, sometimes not. I’m confident that many...

Facing a very unsettled world without feeling hopeless is one of the biggest challenges many of our young people deal with these days....

Recently, several people have asked me about annulments, so I thought it might be helpful if I addressed that subject in some detail here...

Jesus’ words beginning with: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations” [Mt 28:19a]. are often referred to as the Great...

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. after speaking in very welcoming terms in the Beatitudes, He followed with a series of statements framed...

My latest post was just published in the online magazine, Catholic Exchange. It’s titled: “The Babylon Captivity teaches: Our Hope is in...

As you may know, the Gospels were not written for the purpose of teaching history but rather to teach faith lessons using stories from...

Friends, yesterday I was interviewed for WCAT-TV in St. Louis by Mrs. Kiki Latimer, who teaches Homiletics at Holy Apostles Seminary in...

It had been only a few weeks after her husband, Charlie, had died that Michael was visiting Charlie’s wife, Katie, in a nursing home in...

The wicker creaked as he let the full weight of his 41-year-old frame into the chair. Bernard’s favorite moment of the day was when he...

There is something wonderful going on in the Catholic Church right now that I would like to make you aware of. Pope Francis has called a...

As we read the Gospel for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time [cf. Luke 6:27-38], we can almost hear people in the crowd grumbling: “He...

I’m a little “under the weather” recovering from Covid, so I thought I’d share something a little different in this blog post. Below is a...

The First Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Advent this year comes from the Book of the prophet Micah [cf. Micah 5:1-4a]. In the time of...

Friends, the Bible is full of stories of God’s revelation of Himself in the lives of human beings. But they’re not stories filled with...