The gospel passage for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time forces us to come to grips with a somber, sad reality: some of Jesus’ disciples, in any epoch, become selective and refuse to abide by those words of life with which they disagree. It is a...
It was German Chancellor Otto von Bismark who described politics as the art of the possible 150 years ago. At its heart, he meant that the realm of politics is not meant for lofty ideals, platitudes or disingenuous political slogans. In...
On Sunday 3 December 2023, hundreds bravely answered the call of pro-life activists by celebrating “love for the unborn” with a March for Life which was organized in Malta, precisely in Valletta, the capital city of the country. Thanks...
Many years ago, during a semester when I was teaching a course in Business Ethics, I walked into the office of my department chair (a Catholic gentleman) and, in jest, mentioned that I had assigned an article that I had read while a student at...
The above title, ‘Who is Missing in Your Family?’ was a billboard message I saw on I-75 just beyond the Florida Turnpike while we were on our way to visit family in Lake City. You see a lot of these messages and other scriptural quotes along I-75...
I believe the United States has critically declined since its leaders turned their collective backs on the Triune God. Many of them still believe in god, several gods. The pagan gods of old, such as war, wisdom, poetry, sea, thunder and beauty have...
When I did talk radio years ago, the hosts could add bumper music as an opening for their programs. Over my 22 years at WGNU, I used several popular music themes. My last one was a song from the film, Rocky III, Gonna Fly Now. Yet I think my...
“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.” -St Francis of Assisi I likely cannot speak in any detail about why I grew up pro-choice without engaging in detraction, so I will leave it at this: I was pro...
