February is a gray and gloomy time in Western New York, the area of the country where I’ve found my home. The Christmas lights and decorations have come down...
The Examined Life
“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...
There is a story in the Bible that we don’t hear in the Sunday readings or cited in papal documents. There’s no uplifting message of morality or liberation...
“I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the...
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.”(1 John...
I don’t know if you’ve ever been in charge of feeding a toddler, but it is a challenge. Last week, my kid loved bananas. Today he cannot stand them. Pasta, one...
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matt. 28:19) This past...
Few people know this, but I was not quite raised Catholic. Like most Mexicans at the time, I was born into a Roman Catholic family, but by the time I was 7 or...
When I was pregnant with my now-toddler, long before I knew he would be a little boy named Robin who has a fabulous sense of style (he loves the color pink and...
“Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father,to younger men as brothers, to older women as mothers, to younger womenas sisters—with...
