In these readings (Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58) there is an invitation extended to all of us to capitalize on todayโs feast of Corpus Christi so that our personal and communal bond with Jesus Christ may become...
A new season is underway for baseball.ย Arizona and Florida are rife with activity as young players try to see if they can make it to the big leagues and older players try to prove they can still play.ย ย Grown men playing a boyโs game. While not as...
For a moment, imagine that someone set before you a 5-Carot diamond ring and a 5-gallon jug of water and informed you that, for no cost, either could be yours. Which would you choose? But wait. Before you make your selection, know...
When Eternal God speaks to Himself, he sings in Algebra! If God were to harbor a single stray thought, He could sketch out Newtonian Motion. If He were to author a temporal treatise, it would be written perfectly in the language of Relativity and...
Once there was a priestโweโll call him Father Smithโwho heard that the neighboring Catholic parish had a newly-painted mural dedicated to the souls in purgatory; the pastor there commissioned it as a way of reminding his parishioners to pray on a...
Back in 2001 I was on a two-week pilgrimage in Italy, and it was a very enjoyable and spiritually rewarding time. There were twenty-five people in our group from all across the United States, and we were fortunate to have a very good guide...
The gift of faith includes mystery, which is so necessary when seeking God in positive or negative life situations. To focus on the light of Godย’s truth and the hope of heaven while walking through the shadows is an enormous blessing...
The palm-tree is called in Hebrew tarmr, and in Greek phลnix. It is a dioecious tree, and belongs to the natural order Palmaceae. The plants of this interesting family are characterized by their tall, usually unbranched stems; their pinnate or fan...
