by Fr. Jim Chern
It dawned on me that I’ve not encountered this Gospel passage at Mass - in at least 25 years. This passage is only proclaimed (I believe) on the Monday of Holy Week. Traditionally in our…
Allow me to state the obvious - this is weird. Live streaming Masses from the Newman Catholic Center here at Montclair State has been weird. Seeing a box of palm branches arrive and remembering our…
In response to some messages, questions (and my apologies if I haven’t responded directly and personally... it’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been busier now with everyone gone than when everyone was around)…
Earlier this week, Mike Lindell, who is the guy who’s commercials are on 24/7 about Pillows was in the news. He was at the White House during one of the daily press briefings about the…
The newsfeed headlines this morning read: 6.6 million are unemployed. 216, 768 in the United States are infected. People from coast to coast are locked down - ordered to stay at home. On the one…
One of the joys of working in Campus Ministry (now closing out my 13th year in remarkably dramatic fashion) has to be seeing when things “click” for one of our kids. You go from a…
The month of March used to be associated with two very well known Saints - St Patrick the patron Saint of Ireland and St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father…
Every year on the Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent - the Church gives us one of the longest first readings from the Old Testament from the book of Daniel [read it here]. We…
So a random fact-toid for you the next time you’re on Jeopardy or playing Trivia Pursuit. While the Gospel we just heard is somewhat lengthy one, within that reading was one of the shortest scripture…
When reading and praying with scriptures, it’s interesting to me to see where my mind goes - or how the Holy Spirit catches my attention. Sometimes I can put myself into a dramatic scene and…