Homily Jan. 21, 2018 Can we just think for a minute about our personal and world reality.  What do you and I worry most about? Over what would you and I want to wave a magic wand to make things right?It might be a personal or family issue or one involving your kids or...

This prayer was written by Fr. James Martin, SJ. I find it very appropriate for this time of discernment for our new POTUS. From the Facebook of Fr. James Martin, SJ. An Election Season Prayer God, I know that I don’t have to get angry. I don’t have to get worked up....

We tell people that everyone will be saved because we cannot put limits on God's mercy. God's hospitality is expansive and ALL are invited. "All people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table." Other parts of the...

The Jubilee Year or the Holy Year on Mercy The Holy Year of Mercy begins Dec. 8, 2015 and concludes Nov. 20, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King The Sunday Gospel readings for ordinary time of this year all come from the Gospel of Luke, which is often referred to as...

Those of you who have heard us will know that we frequently speak about the value of personal meditation and contemplation. It is in this spirit that we recommend a new book HEALING THE HEART. The author Bruno Cortis is a practicing cardiologist who met us years ago...

Mike, Nick and I just completed an exhausting 5,000+ mile road trip giving parish renewals in five USA parishes, in five different states: CT, MA, SC, MD and VA.  Overall, in our presentations we try to incorporate Scripture in ways that meet our spiritual hungers and...

Today is Mother’s Day.  But it is a day for everyone…..What do I mean?  Well, it is a day on which we should all be reflecting on how we have nurtured another person or persons and also acknowledge those who have done the same for us.  To single out only those in our...

I have been aware of the topic of “prayer” as part of the recent battles here in America over gun control following the tragedy in the Connecticut school.  More than once I have seen a theme pop up in discussion that brings God into the equation.  Already the equation...

"I haven't got a clue when the world will cease to exist, but on this, the first day of the Church's Year, I know that the Lord returns to us every time we love, forgive, share, are compassionate, are generous and sacrificial toward one another. It may not be as grand...

Recently, my nephew and his wife were trying to explain Easter to their first grader.  They said she was troubled by the idea of it all.  I’d say for any child, the image of a man coming out of tomb would be an unusual thing for them to think about, and maybe even a...