Only a few miles from here, in the Church of St. Stephen in Kearny, there's a unique and historic place. It's called the Sanctuary of the Four Chaplains, which was only dedicated in 2016 but…
ASH WEDNESDAY REVISITED
I’ve found myself feeling oddly emotional coming to this day, Ash Wednesday. I’m not going to have an emotional breakdown (well I hope) and I get how weird this might sound. Because of all the…
WHAT JESUS WILLS
Just reading that first reading from Leviticus, here in the year 2021 it has a different feel than ever before. We heard spelled out for us a mandate from scripture of how people were quarantined…
THE POINT OF THE MIRACLE
I think of the 4,000 emails that currently sit in my inbox, less than a handful have been intentionally saved for over 12 years, like this one: Hey Fr. Jim - So on Friday I…