This weekend, on the XVII Sunday of Ordinary Time, now after many years of hearing the readings of the Liturgical Year, it always amazes me how much the readings and their lessons (along with those of the Breviary) have informed…
Michaelangelo’s “Last Judgment”, with Christ judging the world. “I was a prisoner, and you visited me.” I know an old, wise man who often says regarding modern Law Enforcement that we “do not have a justice system, but a penal…
Sounding the Alarm In Catholic circles, the news cycle has been dominated by recent news of several high profile bishops, Cardinal McCarrick and Bishop Pineda foremost among them, who are being publically and forcibly called out for their abuse, sexual…
From the XIII Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B So many of us are status conscious, and that necessarily isn’t a bad thing. We want to send our kids to good schools, so they can have a good career, and…