Its hard reading both of these readings with the images we’ve had on our screens from the past few days.  The brutality of seeing a man who was under arrest-  killed as a result of…

“Father can you pray for me?”  Ask any priest and that’s almost as common a greeting as “How are you?”   While often times people will ask for those prayers because of a certain thing that…

A writer in The Epoch Times last week had an interesting reflection on the Old Testament story of Lot’s wife turning to a pillar of salt.  You might remember the story from the book of…

For 6 weeks we’ve been celebrating Easter, a season focusing on this singularly important event of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As we’re nearing the end of this season with today’s celebration of…

After Saint Mother Teresa had died back in 1997, one of her requests were that her private letters to spiritual directors along with personal writings (journals, diaries) would be destroyed. Bizarrely, that was ignored. It’s…

In his new book entitled Jesus the way, the truth and the life -  the author, Marcellino D’Ambrosio explained what changed his motivation for life from looking to pursue a life as a rock musician…

          “Grief has filled your hearts” - Jesus is acknowledging the “elephant in the room” that none of the others can even bring themselves to articulate. This Last Supper has been filled with a lot…

If you’ve ever watched any television, you’ve probably seen drug commercials that promise to do everything from lowering your cholesterol, help you grow back your hair, deal with diabetes – to countless other things. They…