About four years ago, a high school senior accomplished something very few have ever done - he gave a memorable Valedictorian speech at his commencement.  It’s an incredibly difficult feat. The graduates and their families are navigating…

"Fr. Jim, What's your love language?" Uhm... What?  That was my reaction when a group of students asked me that question.  It was one of those moments when they all knew what they were talking…

"Do not let your hearts be troubled."  Those words of Jesus, opening today's Gospel, for many people, are precisely that, troubling.  When you're sharing your bad news; when you're weighed down with fear and anxiety; …

One of many things that changed during the COVID-19 pandemic is our vocabulary.  There are things that, previously, were not a part of our everyday language or conversations, like the word "essential:" essential services, essential…

How was your Lent?  It seems like a random question on this Fourth Sunday of Easter.  It's hard to believe that we gathered together on Ash Wednesday over two months ago, and now we're halfway…

What are you afraid of?  One of my greatest fears has been traveling by airplane.  Until my senior year of college, I had only been on a plane once when I was in Kindergarten, which…

How do you see yourself?  That’s always been a question that people have at some point in their lives had to focus on.  Or perhaps more accurately it’s a question multiple times in their lives…

What do you want for Easter?   That’s never quite caught on as it has for Christmas, has it?   You rarely hear people freaking out over not getting their Easter shopping done. I don’t remember the…