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…
DEBTS OWED DEBTS FORGIVEN
When people ask how my parents reacted when I began the application process for seminary to actively begin discerning the priesthood, I explain how supportive they were. It wasn’t a complete surprise. We had many…
THE REAL FIGHT OF GOOD VS EVIL
This is the start of my 17th year here as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, which is shocking to me. When I first started, the Archbishop at the time said because I was…
FROM “ROCK” TO “SATAN”?
If you’ve been paying close enough attention to the Sunday Gospels between last week and this, you might be thinking, “What a difference a week makes.” Could there be a more devastating blow to someone’s…