by Fr. Jim Chern
Today’s Mass for the memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist has one of the most fascinating of passages from the Gospel of Mark. This is the only time that St. Mark (who…
A few weeks ago, a headline kept popping up that, “NJ should expect a colder and snowier winter this year.” That prediction came from the annual publication of The Farmers Almanac. This was one of…
“If you believe in God, ask Him for your wife to be saved with a miracle.” That’s what a doctor said to a man named Alejandro Rivas while his wife Cecilia was in a coma. …
At the end of your life, what will you recall? Kind of a loaded question, isn’t it? It’s kind of an unfair one too. Here it is in the middle of August - most people…
In high school and college, on my list of career options that I was considering pursuing was a career in journalism. I wasn’t sure if it would be print journalism (like newspapers or magazines) or…
I don’t know how many times or the many different places I heard the phrase "What is it going to take to get this into your head?" growing up. Teachers and Coaches used that phrase…
“God said, ‘Ask something of me, and I will give it to you.’” Imagine that happening to you as it did to Solomon in the encounter described in today’s First Reading. That God Himself comes…
On Friday, the polling firm Gallup released some of its latest findings, documenting that Americans’ belief in God has dropped to the lowest in the firm’s history. From vast majorities in the early 2000s of…
A few years ago, there was a story in the news about a police officer named Officer Nate, who was working an overtime shift when he was directed to respond to an emergency call. The…
This past Tuesday, we, as Americans, celebrated our 247th Birthday. July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence that our nation's forefathers had approved of two days earlier was officially adopted, stating they were no longer…