text “Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus, Deus Aderit.” Don’t panic. The rest of the essay will be in English! The Latin phrase,…
text “For all the saints who from their labors rest.” — by Fr. Joe Gillespie, O.P. “For all the saints, who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before…
text “Do you love me?” “I suppose I do” Often, when I hear the question, “Do you love me?” I think of a beautiful…
text “Heads I win, tails you lose.” The games of marbles we played on the parking lot of Incarnation School were…
text “Don’t leave before the miracle happens.” Last week I received a letter from the Archdiocesan Office for Canonical…
text “No Whine Before Its Time.” Instead of taking the staircase, I opted to take the elevator to the third…
text .“Yes! We have no bananas.” Reportedly, a woman in search of bananas went into a tiny grocery store…
text "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!" The young mother and her two children were sitting in the booth behind me. I…
text “The person seeking revenge must be prepared to dig two graves.” The Chinese get blamed for a lot of things, especially in the business world…
text “Where two or three are gathered in my name, it’s time to pass the basket.” When the pastor got up to preach, the little girl turned to her mother and…
text “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed myself to be duped.” “You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed mys Openly lamenting his faithful service to God, Jeremiah, the reluctant prophet…
text “Finding a way home.” The customer line did not look that long, but on a hot day any length of line…
text “Jesus, you got that right.” A few years ago, at the baptism of a street person who had found both Jesus…
text “Faith is walking on water against your better judgment.” Listening through both the silence and the chaos that surrounded us, Jack…
text “Whatever happened to the twelve baskets of leftovers?” Some years ago, I was invited to a luncheon held at The Old Country Buffet…
text “What’s important and what isn’t?” While waiting for someone to answer the front door, I noticed a note…
text “The Kingdom of God could be like a run down and abandoned farm.” There was the wonderful story about the priest who visited a young…
text “Jesus: A Preacher Outstanding In His Field.” There are no historical records indicating that Jesus was a farmer, fisherman…
text 13th Sunday of the Year: On Hospitality Jesus’ remarks at the beginning of today’s gospel reading are not only harrowing, but don’t sound…
text “What is the cost of discipleship?” The inquiry had begun long before the real question was asked. After guzzling…
text 12th Sunday of the Year: Honoring Our Fathers As people around the world observe Sunday in various ways, many are also honoring their fathers…
text 12th Sunday of the Year: Honoring Our Fathers As people around the world observe Sunday in various ways, many are also honoring their fathers…
text “I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, for His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He wat Growing up Catholic, I must confess that I had no knowledge of the…
text “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling, Calling For You and For Me.” On April 8, 1968 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the…
