Why are you troubled? In tonight's Gospel passage, Jesus asks that question in a very particular context. Jesus had been unjustly tried, horrifically tortured, even more grotesquely crucified, abandoned, and left dead in a…
ROME – CITY OF WITNESSES
Hi everyone, here is my homily for the FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT - March 25, 2012. The readings for today can be found at: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/032512-fifth-sunday-of-lent.cfm . As always, thanks for reading and your feedback.Fr. Jim…
Arriverderci Roma
Just got back from my final visit to St Peters for some time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in adoration and visiting Bl John Paul IIs tomb one last time... For now... Because I…
Final hours in Roma… :(
It's hard to believe this is the last day in Rome. Today was another whirlwind of a day. First I got to celebrate our final mass of the Pilgrimage at the "Popes Cathedral" - St…
The “ides of March”
Bizarre to be passing the place were Caesars friends stabbed him in the back (literally!!) today. Makes you realize the depth of history here. They also have some pretty good food. Oh and the Trevi…
Another whirlwind of a day
This has been a incredibly busy day - traveling to some sites on the other side of Rome. This morning took us to St Susanna parish - the American Parish in Rome; another Church where…
Oh and I was this close to a…
I forgot - after Mass at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva , we got to bewitching an arms reach of a lesser known Michaelangelo work of Christ (I told you it's al lot to take in…
Hello Holy Father
Yep. We were this close... And then after that we off to ancient Rome and Mass at St Catherine of Siena... So much stuff to take in
Papal Audience
Well that was incredibly cool. Thousands of people gathering in St Peters Square to hear the successor to St Peter -Pope Benedict XVI give a teaching and impart his apostolic blessing on us and any…