About 12 years ago, while serving as a chaplain in Illinois for a few weeks for a group of a couple of hundred recent college graduates, I had what I’ll call a delayed reaction of…
GARGOYLES
A memory of one of my beloved former students was when we had visited the heart of the Archdiocese of Newark - the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart about 11 years ago. He was,…
BEFORE AND AFTER
Hi everyone, this is my homily for SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 - the 24th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME given at Montclair State University. The readings for today's Mass can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/091618.cfm Thanks as always…
LIFT HIGH THE CROSS
Today we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a special feast on the Roman Catholic calendar. In the Archdiocese of Newark, this has been designated a special day of Prayer, Fasting and Abstinence in…
9/11 – seventeen years later
17 years. The date always seems to stand off the calendar, kind of frozen in time - 9/11 - that it’s easy to forget exactly how much time has passed. 9/11 is one of those…
GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY
Hi everyone, this is my homily for SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 - the 23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. The readings for today's Mass can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090918.cfm Thanks as always for reading; sharing this blog…
JUST DO IT – St. Mother Teresa of…
Hi everyone - here's my homily for the feast of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta - September 5, 2018. The readings for today can be found at: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090518.cfm - Thanks as always for reading and…
A MATTER OF THE HEART
Hi everyone, this is my homily for the 21st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. The readings for today's Mass can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090218.cfm Thanks as always for reading; sharing this blog on your social media…