Whether you’re flipping channels or scrolling news feeds, every so often you’ll catch sight of one of the most famous walls in the world. It often pops up in stories about peace talks, pilgrimages, or…
HONORING THE UNKNOWNS
Back in fourth grade, my family took what might have been my first visit to Washington D.C. It’s kind of interesting what stands out in memory almost 40 years later: - I remember it was…
SHEMA (my alternate homily from yesterday)
This semester for our weekly Newman Night’s we have been watching the first ever multi-episode, multi-season television show based on the life of Jesus Christ called “The Chosen.” This week we’re actually finishing up with…
THE GIFT FOR THE GOD WHO HAS EVERYTHING
A kind amazing phenomenon that pops up in the news from time to time: You’ll see a headline that says something like “couple dies within minutes of each other after 50 + years of marriage.” …
SAVE US, WE’RE PERISHING
For much of 2020, it has felt like we’ve been living in a suspended animation. Seemingly everything has been upended by the viral pandemic. Even as things quote/unquote “return to normal” it still doesn’t feel…
POSSESS OR POSSESSED BY
What are you a fan - or a super fan - of? Giants or Jets? Probably few want to admit that this year. Yankees? Too soon to mention them either. Mets or Red Sox? Sorry…
THE (Real) GIVING TREE
With the birth of my Godsons, Goddaughter and nieces over the years, the remembrance of different stories and books that Mom would read to me before bed came to mind. It strikes me as odd…
MAMMA’S BOY
Last night, our students and I watched episode 5 of “The Chosen.” One of the beautiful things of this show is they take these glimpses we have of what life with Jesus was like from…
HAVE NO ANXIETY AT ALL? IN 2020??? SERIOUSLY?
Thursday with it being the start of October, someone posted online: “Good News, 2020 is 3/4 over!” Which was quickly followed by messages ranging from “it’s only 3/4 over...it feels like we should be a…









