One of the things that I've learned working with college students over the past 16 years is how often they are ahead of the rest of the culture and the rest of the world. In…
JESUS’ PASSION AND GIVING A DAMN
Hi everyone, here’s my homily for PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD- MARCH 24, 2013. The readings for today can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/032413.cfm As always, thanks for reading, sharing, and all your…
Roman Homilies
To my fellow Pilgrims, it was such a joy to be able to celebrate Mass with all of you in those incredible places.I was trying to see which Homilies I had posted and which ones…
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY ANYTHING?
Hi everyone, here's my homily for the FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT - March 17, 2013. The readings for today's Mass can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/031713-fifth-sunday-lent.cfm.I am most grateful to the thousands of visitors who joined…
Jetlagging…
A collage made by one of our "Flexible Pilgrims" :) One insight I had this morning - it was something that I thought of off and on these last few weeks since Pope Benedict XVI…
Some last sights before I go….
It really does seem inconceivable that a week has gone by and all that has occurred this week. Last night was a great evening with all our fellow pilgrims (after another amazing meal... the food…
Random thoughts on my last day in Roma
You know it's an amazing week when the least dramatic thing is celebrating Mass at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II...which we are able to do this morning. That's not to say it wasn't…
FOLLOWING POPE FRANCIS…
So this morning, Pope Francis made his first visit outside of the Vatican to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray to the Mother of God, the protector of the Roman people. It's an…
A New Holy Father
Now that I've caught my breath a bit - it's still somewhat unreal that 16 hours ago we met the new Pope - or rather, our new Holy Father Francis.It's amazing to me how "right"…