Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. In the Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12) we listen to a most unpleasant prophet, John the Baptist. John the Baptist is not a popular figure…

Today, the First Sunday of Advent, is the only Sunday in Advent when we will hear the voice of Jesus (Matthew 24:37-44). St. John the Baptist will be talking the next…

I recently came across an article that featured e-mails from soldiers in war zones to family members back home.  The one that touched me the most was sent by Sgt.…

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says: “You will be betrayed by parents, brothers and sisters, and by relatives and friends” (Luke 21:5-19). To be betrayed by your own parents, brothers and sisters, relatives…

There is a story about a newly married couple who went up to their beautiful bridal suite in an elegant hotel in the wee hours of the morning. They were exhausted…

TRICK or TREAT!!!  Tomorrow is Halloween. One day every year people wear masks and others have to guess who they are. But lots of people wear masks all year long.  By this…

There was once a blind, poor and childless man who prayed every day that God would reverse his fate.  One day God heard his fervent prayer. “I’ll give you only one…

In 1970 there was a book by Joseph Heller and then a movie entitled, “Catch 22.” The phrase “Catch 22” eventually became an often used expression for a situation that is hopeless. …

Have you ever thought of what it must have been like to be a leper and a hated Samaritan to boot in the time of Jesus?  Imagine having a skin…

Two religious order nuns in their habits were on their way to work in a local nursing home where they were nurses. Their car ran out of gas and they…