On first reading, this Gospel can sound really appealing. I'm not sure if it's the Italian in me, having experienced my share of being bullied in life or just getting aggravated when it seems some…
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
If you were to die today, do you know where you would spend eternity? There’s a question to catch people’s attention! Some of our fellow Christians from other denominations ask that question on a very regular…
DEAD END
Its amazing how sometimes so few words can say so much. Jesus very efficiently calls out how people like to dismiss himself and John the Baptist, but quickly turns it around on the critics. For…
CATHOLICS ARE DEPRESSING? Our Lady of Sorrows
After yesterday’s feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, today is followed with the remembrance of Our Lady of Sorrow. To a world that desires good vibes, puts a high value on pleasure -…
LOST IN LOVE
The hit show Seinfeld seems destined to be re-aired forever in syndication. Which is welcome news for fans - like myself - who’ve seen every episodes countless times in the over 30 years since it…
AMAZING FORGIVENESS, AMAZING LOVE
A few years ago, a young woman in her thirties named Carys Cragg wrote an amazing book... vulnerably recounting one of the most horrific things that could have happened to her years earlier as an…
DON’T EDIT OR CHANGE MASS
Got into a little bit of a twitter tirade today. Probably should delete twitter as it is more often then not an occasion to sin or at least get my blood pressure up. But I…