Not too long ago, some students from Montclair State University were discussing television shows they love to watch, which they labeled “Classic TV,” one of their favorites being the sit-com “Friends.” After some unprovoked and…
AMAZING FORGIVENESS, AMAZING LOVE
A few years ago, a young woman in her thirties named Carys Cragg wrote an amazing book... vulnerably recounting one of the most horrific things that could have happened to her years earlier as an…
DON’T EDIT OR CHANGE MASS
Got into a little bit of a twitter tirade today. Probably should delete twitter as it is more often then not an occasion to sin or at least get my blood pressure up. But I…
SATAN’S SUBTLE SEDUCTIONS
“What’s the big deal if you miss Mass one Sunday - is God going to seriously send you to Hell for missing Mass one week. You go during the week - and if we have…
NO ONE IS EXCLUDED
St. Bartholomew, Apostle - apart from that title for today's feast day, we know very little about him. This Gospel we just heard which references to “Nathaniel” it is believed by most scholars that this…
SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Often times we hear the phrase “See something, say something” as a reminder of our responsibility to help protect one another from all sorts of bad thing that can happen. Well here’s a story that…
THE ENEMY OF MY FRIEND IS MY ENEMY?
“My wife’s enemies are now my enemies too... No one tells you about the other in-laws you acquire when you get married.” It’s hard to ignore a headline like that - especially when you’re sitting…
CONFRONTING FEAR & SPIRITUAL WARFARE
“Burning church buildings, anarchist and satanic symbols, and decapitated statues of Christ” was the lead sentence of one story this week describing attacks that have been experienced all across our country on Catholic Churches. Another…
TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
For some reason the transfiguration of Jesus has always been a difficult moment in the life of Christ for me to wrap my head around and to enter into... In terms of the time-line where…









