The wind is howling outside, bitter and well below-zero. The house creaks now and then against the strong gusts that...

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to...

Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which always makes me think of the Sacrament of Baptism....

I had a Sunday Catholic childhood. I had a fallen away Catholic late teens/early twenties. But by my thirties, Catholic...

It was a briskly cold morning of a whopping 8 degrees above zero. I girded what I could feel of...

Does today’s Gospel overwhelm you? It has long intimidated me. But today as Jesus addresses His questioning disciples, I imagine...

Can you imagine what it must have been like for the people of Israel, what a bloodied and stench-filled event...

In high school, I played tennis for my school. Our team was middle of the road. We were not state...

The world becomes ablaze with beauty when you pause long enough to watch the hands and feet of Jesus at...

Living in California, we don’t have freezing winters, so cold days are memorable. On those days, we loved to have...

“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will” (Responsorial Psalm). I WANT to do God’s will. Really I...

It's a difficult truth that sometimes when we do good work, really good work, we might be criticized or even...

Sometimes I lose hope that abortion will be eradicated in our world. I hate that my soul is so easily...

Lately, the distance between my human life and the Divine Life of Christ seems insurmountable. I’m trying to love God...

Today’s reading about the marriage at Cana is so well known, I usually gloss over it. But something struck me...

It was just another Saturday morning in the confessional line with my family. As I examined my conscience, I realized...

"It became known that He was home" (Mark 2:1). Jesus was home. He returned to Galilee, a lush and fruitful...