Wisdom, Adonai, Root of Jesse, Key of David, and all the Old Testament titles of Our Lord are those which even now we use to beg him for the realization of what the Lord God promised long ago “at sundry…
On December 13, 2019, Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, announced that he was taking a medical leave of absence due to ongoing problems with anxiety and depression. It seems that most have received the news with compassion, understanding and…
The word ‘crisis’ in my opinion is one of the most overused words in the English language, largely because of sensationalistic journalists who, in order to sell stories on the news of the day, abandon all sense of time and…
Much has been said in the past three years about the anti-establishment political wave sweeping the Western World. Many people usually ascribe this phenomenon to the yawning gulf between political elites and their interests, and that of the ‘average’ person.…
After Our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we are told that the first place he went was to the Temple, where he prophesied, “There will not be one stone upon another that will not be torn down.” (Matthew…
This week, among my readings I was greatly edified by an offering from Father Gordon Macrae in his blog These Stone Walls, with his April 3 2019 piece A Little Perspective before Stoning Your Priest. He touched on some subjects…
In the beginning of this month, the New York Times published the OpEd of Arthur C. Brooks, Our Culture of Contempt, which highlighted an insightful phenomenon that is very lively in the world today. We do indeed live in a…
Tolerance at its best and worst A friend tells a funny anecdote about a Permanent Deacon who used to give very popular marriage prep classes. He sat down specifically with the Grooms, to whom he directed the question: “Guys, do…
There are two times a year when I, growing up in the Church, and now as a Priest for several years, have seen Priests generally fumble at a Sunday Mass Homily: The Sunday of the Holy Trinity (which some more…
One of my main complaints regarding the reactions to the current crisis is that many good people are high on anger but low on ideas. Moreover, most people, with the best of intentions, tend only to be able to look…