There are certain names that, the moment you hear them, you immediately know what they’re known for: Thomas Edison—the lightbulb. Frank Sinatra—the voice. George Washington—the founding of our nation. These are people the world calls…
MAKE ISRAEL GREAT AGAIN?
Are you the Christ or not? It seems straight forward enough of a question that the crowd is asking (in today's Gospel). We know very plainly that Jesus is the Christ... so much so that…
VOICE RECOGNITION
One of the greatest leaps forward in modern technology has been these voice recognition services. You can simply say Siri, or Alexa, or Google out and they can look stuff up for you, order things…
FATHER, WHY CAN’T YOU GET MARRIED?
On Friday, one of our FOCUS missionaries here (recent college grads who dedicate a few years of their lives to serve their peers in order to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ) had invited…
GIVING WHILE IN QUARANTINE
In the over 6 weeks that we've been "locked down" (which is shocking to realize that it's been that long) there's been unprecedented suffering. People who are sick, who've lost loved ones, who've been unable…
MORE THAN “JUST A CARPENTER”
The Catholic Church only has two “feast” days dedicated to the Foster father of Jesus Christ, Saint Joseph. The primary one being March 19th, the day tradition believes he died - and today, May…
G.P.S. WE DEFINITELY NEED
A favorite app on my phone has got to be Waze. The GPS device that helps navigate how to get from wherever you are to your destination has proven invaluable. It’s hard to imagine not having…
WHO’S REALLY HUNGRY & THIRSTY
Coming from a family where I’m the third generation that was born and raised in the United States, we grew up with an appreciation, pride, gratitude for this nation. My Grandpa Jim Trippodi, (my name…
STAGES OF GRIEF
“Sir, give us this bread always.” You can hear the longing in those words as those words in today's Gospel were being proclaimed. It’s hard not to think that for countless numbers of Catholics around…