“The one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” A prophet is a sentinel. In the fortified cities of ancient times, it was the sentinel’s job to keep watch on…
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As of this morning, 179,000 COVID deaths in the United States, every one of which matters. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them….
Power and authority can mean the same thing, roughly, but they’re not really synonyms. Power is the ability to make something happen. To be powerful is to be capable. Power…
“The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants – them I will bring to my holy mountain…
Yesterday I received in the mail a great big envelope with these instructions on the outside in big red letters: “Open Immediately! Catholics Under Attack!” Having learned that “Open Immediately!”…
Here’s my homily from the weekend I hope you know that every Wednesday afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00 we have a Zoom parish Town Hall meeting. These meetings have become…
I’m afraid I didn’t handle something very well yesterday. Directly after the 0700 Mass – the Feast of St. Lawrence, hero of the gridiron – some of us gathered along…
Isaiah 55:1-3 + Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 + Romans 8:35, 37-39 + Matthew 14:13-21 Sometimes it seems as though there’s just enough time to say all the things that…
On this, the day of John Lewis’s funeral – Requiescat in Pace – I commend to you two articles. The first is an essay that Mr. Lewis asked the New…
As requested, here’s my homily for last Sunday. Christ is our light! The Sea of Galilee is the largest freshwater lake in Israel: 13 miles long from north to south…
