Here is a sobering fact: if God were to treat us with justice, we would all be wiped out, erased off the face of the earth in an instant. If you, Lord, mark iniquities, Lord who can stand? (Psalm 130) Today we are all invited to rejoice that...
Once there was an older, very stern, upright, humorless woman—we’ll call her Mrs. Pendergast—who wasn’t feeling well. She went to see a doctor, who began by asking her some routine questions. “Do you drink at all...
On Thursday, February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. It is ironic that this despicable act of aggression was initiated on a Thursday, the day when in the Rosary we contemplate the mysteries of light. The worsening situation in Ukraine, as...
America is on fire. Protestors are burning flags. Rioters are burning cars. And people are metaphorically burning bridges, rendering it impossible to speak across the chasm of political difference. It’s time to pause in burning down our national...
“It does violence to the Constitution and the vision of our founders to appoint such a person in such a manner to be the chief legal officer in our country.”—Nancy Pelosi. In the above quotation, Pelosi is referring to President Trump’s appointment...
In a recent essay I noted that, while allegedly seducing a young priest who later committed suicide, Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard justified his homosexual acts by claiming that celibacy means nothing more than “being free of sexual contact with...
The Prophet Jeremiah (23:1-6) introduces God’s new order by announcing to us an unusual title for Jesus: “The Lord our Justice.” Now, such a title has nothing to do with Jesus’ fairness as judge or about meting out of reward or punishment for...
I recently received an email from a well known American journalist asking if my investigation and articles on the case of falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned priest, Father Gordon J. MacRae, can be found in one place. I had never thought of this...
