by Fr. Jim Chern
It’s been a little over a week since the gruesome death of George Floyd occurred - in the days that have followed we’ve seen people’s outrage being co-opted by voices of lawlessness with looting and…
Such a short Gospel passage that can really lead to a lot of introspection, reflection and discussion: The separation of Church and state - the relationship Christians have with secular authorities - how do we…
The Venerable Fulton Sheen, who please God, his cause to sainthood will resume soon, once said: “God who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of…
“Peace be with you” - in this very short passage of 4 verses Jesus says those 4 words twice... Not only are those words repeated, the gospel passage itself is a “repeat” as well. We…
Of all the Easter encounters that we find in the Gospels - this one between the Risen Jesus Christ and Simon Peter, to me is one of the most intimate and beautiful. Peter, one of…
Its hard reading both of these readings with the images we’ve had on our screens from the past few days. The brutality of seeing a man who was under arrest- killed as a result of…
“Father can you pray for me?” Ask any priest and that’s almost as common a greeting as “How are you?” While often times people will ask for those prayers because of a certain thing that…
A writer in The Epoch Times last week had an interesting reflection on the Old Testament story of Lot’s wife turning to a pillar of salt. You might remember the story from the book of…
For 6 weeks we’ve been celebrating Easter, a season focusing on this singularly important event of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As we’re nearing the end of this season with today’s celebration of…
After Saint Mother Teresa had died back in 1997, one of her requests were that her private letters to spiritual directors along with personal writings (journals, diaries) would be destroyed. Bizarrely, that was ignored. It’s…