When I was in Seminary, I remember the other guys laughing once in a while about those Optional Memorials on the Liturgical Calendar which no one, until then, had ever heard about. Quite a few Saints get left in the…
One of the objectives of the Second Vatican Council was to enrich the spiritual lives of the faithful by deeper intimacy with Sacred Scripture. This had been a long time goal of the Roman Pontiffs before this time. In some…
Institutions form the backbone of any stable and long lasting civilization. In law, education, religion, science, government and more, institutions are the product of the accumulated experience and practice of millions of human beings. They are the sentinels of law…
I have always had a particular fondness for the Saints of the Counter Reformation, I suppose because they were such exemplars of apostolic zeal in a time of great social upheaval. They were men and women of admirable enterprise, often…
As the month of June begins, and the post-Pentecost festivals unfold, it’s hard for me not to see in the Church an abundance of supernatural vitality, and she revels in it in her Liturgy. We hold up the Sacred Heart…
The Gospel of Epiphany Day is simultaneously thrilling and infuriating. We read about the Magi who come mysteriously from the East, seeking the newborn King of the Jews. We read about the response of Herod, and his veiled hostility to…
The following Homily was preached yesterday, April 22, 2018. Many people requested the text, which is placed below. Today you all may notice that the Intercessions of the Mass deal almost exclusively with the issue of Vocations, because today, ‘Good…
“We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18 A few days ago…
Today the Nation, and indeed the world, mourns the loss of the Reverend Billy Graham, “America’s Pastor”, and arguably the voice of American Christianity. Born in November 1918, a few days before the end of the First World War, the young…