One of the unique experiences of being a priest is wearing the Roman Collar out in public.   A couple of weeks ago, two priest friends and I happened to be out for breakfast, and some…

On the smartphone App "Hallow," a Catholic Biblical Scholar named Jeff Cavins offers his reflections on the scriptures heard at daily Mass.  This past Friday, his thoughts were on the importance of Evangelization: how essential…

Probably one of the most difficult things, hardest things, challenging things for us as human beings to do in life is “letting go” of old hurts.   How often have we heard someone say, or even…

A few years ago, I was at a Mass where a priest-friend of mine was being installed as the new pastor of a parish.  Before we began, a middle-aged woman came into the sacristy and…

Merry Christmas! - it's amazing the joy that simply saying those two words can bring.  But what does that one word, Joy, really mean?  For most of us, our Christmas memories, experiences, or expectations are…

Some years ago, I remember going out to dinner with my Mom and Dad on a Saturday Night after Mass.  In a quick move, I grabbed the check from the waiter to pay for the…

Growing up, my Jewish friends and I would invariably get into the annual "Who's got the Better Holiday" competition between Hanukkah and Christmas around this time.  They would share extraordinary stories of how, during the…

Forecasts, predictions, prophecies.  We can treat all of those words as basically the same things - telling us what will happen.  The meteorologist on the weather channel gives us the 7-day forecast of temperatures, the…