So much of our country has had some severe snowstorms over the last couple of weeks. My hometown of Chicago has had its share of snow.  I recall that the…

Fr. John Cusick was in the seminary class behind me at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein Illinois. John is as great an individual and as fine a…

Mitch Albom wrote his best-selling book, Tuesday's with Morrie, about the things he learned from his old professor, Morrie Schwartz, in the weeks leading up to his death.  On one of…

There was a fairly rich young man who was taken to the hospital, critically ill with the COVID-19 virus. His condition worsened, and he was confined there for a couple of…

Profanity is rapidly replacing English as the language of the American people. It is truly saddening to hear those around us punctuate sentences, clauses and even phrases with four-letter words.…

Once upon a time there was a blacksmith who worked very hard at his trade and he was always helping people. It came time for him to die and go…

Happy Birthday, George Washington!! You were born February 22, 1732. You’d be 289 years old today!! What a legacy of faith and especially a legacy of character you have left…

Lord, why do I keep relating to you as one of my relationships, instead of my ONLY relationship, in which all the other ones are grounded?  Why do I keep…

There is an interesting tale that has come down to us from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers…

One thing I dealt with quite extensively in the early years of my priesthood were cults. Fine high school students from our best families who taught religion classes to our…