by Fr. Jim Chern
When people ask how my parents reacted when I began the application process for seminary to actively begin discerning the priesthood, I explain how supportive they were. It wasn’t a complete surprise. We had many…
This is the start of my 17th year here as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, which is shocking to me. When I first started, the Archbishop at the time said because I was…
If you’ve been paying close enough attention to the Sunday Gospels between last week and this, you might be thinking, “What a difference a week makes.” Could there be a more devastating blow to someone’s…
God’s providence is pretty amazing. I love it when He is beyond obvious. Here we are on our first Thursday night of the Academic Year, which we always have a later Mass, but this Academic…
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…