by Fr. Jim Chern
There's a billionaire named Peter Thiel who's been making some pretty unusual headlines recently. If you don't recognize the name, he's one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley. He co-founded PayPal, was an…
There are certain books from childhood that somehow stick with you. I can barely remember books I read a couple of years ago, but I can still tell you all about The Monster at the End…
“The Breakfast Club.” For me, when I hear that title, I immediately think of the 1985 movie. Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez — the whole Brat Pack thing. Which probably tells you something about…
There are some parables of Jesus that are so powerful and beautiful that they are even known outside of Christian circles... Like, “The Prodigal Son” where the rebellious son takes his inheritance early, squanders it,…
For a good number of us, we can’t remember a time when we weren’t Catholic Christians. We were baptized as babies. We grew up going to Mass. Maybe Catholic school, CCD, First Communion, Confirmation. We…
I have to be honest with you guys. The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that we mark today has been weighing much heavier on me than I ever anticipated. At that point, I had…
Anyone who has spent time around little kids has probably played some version of the “opposite game.” When you’re trying to help them build their understanding of things and their vocabulary, you go back and…
Hero to Zero – That’s probably how Simon Peter had to feel. And I mean almost literally in the span of a few minutes. The Church divides this Gospel from the passage we heard last…
A couple stood on the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset in the summer of 2020 and said, “I do.” Like so many that year, every plan they had made — ceremony, reception, guest list, photographer —…
“My wife’s enemies are now my enemies too.” That was the headline of an article I came across some years ago by writer Josh Gondelman. And honestly, it’s hard to ignore a headline like that…