Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on all facets of human interaction: emotional, psychological, moral, economical, and spiritual; all these affected facets have contributed to a slow, general dehumanization of society.ย To a different degree we...
Peter said to him in reply, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” But when he saw how [strong] the wind was he became frightened and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord save me!” The second time...
Todayโs Gospel passage for the Fourth Sunday of Easter is rather short and, thus, it needs some supporting information to make it adequately relevant to our spiritual life. Jesus introduces himself as our Shepherd. Perhaps the Psalm most familiar...
โIt is he who shall build a house for my name; he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish the throne of his kingship over Israel forever.โ ( 1 Chronicles 22.10) The Holy Temple being a place of unity, an...
Faith is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible. Faith moves mountains. Faith transforms us into the image of Christ. When we are going through trials and tribulations, our human nature wants to control the situation, fix it and make it go away...
I join with millions of Catholics, who are disturbed by the growing division within the American Catholic Church. With apologies to Billy Joel,ย Keeping the Faithย is much more difficult when many of our leaders, including the Pope, are mudding the...
Gigantic strides have been made in science and medicine in the last one hundred years.ย Yet, over the same period of time, our sources of fear and apprehension seem to have remained the same or even increasedย ย on account of new scary diseases with no...
Given that 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II, local Catholics are reflecting on a Pope who still remains a โspiritual compassโ 15 years after his death. His demise was an irreparable loss not only for Polish...