“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!” (Psalm 133:1) On May 15, 2026, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priestly...
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Readings (Year B) 1 Samuel 3:3b – 10, 19 Psalms 40:2, 4, 7 – 8, 8 – 9, 10 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17 – 20 John 1:35 – 42 ...
In an exchange last November during a debate on the diminishing merits of liberalism, born-again social Democrat Sohrab Ahmari pointed out that American...
As the delegates to the Synod on Synodality met in Rome for the first day of the month-long summit to determine the future of the Catholic Church, down the...
“Hate is never right, and love is never wrong.”–Roman Kent, Auschwitz survivor In September, I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time. Studying and even...
Ahsoka Created by Dave Filoni (Lucasfilm, 2023) Storytelling and spirituality both have a rhythm. Patterns emerge. We find ourselves battling old demons but in...
What are you looking for? Jesus asks this question of his disciples, those who propose to fall in line behind him. It’s a question we might ask more than we do...
I wasn’t particularly offended a couple of months ago when my 4-year-old told me that she wishes Aunt Sarah were her mom because Aunt Sarah is “more fun.” For...
When Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutiérrez was only 4 years old, she was injured in a fall from a horse. As she lay on the ground, she had a vision in which Mary...
Readings (Year B): Isaiah 60:1 – 6Psalms 72:1 – 2, 7 – 8, 10 – 11, 12 – 13Ephesians 3:2 – 3a, 5 – 6Matthew 2:1...





