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The United States Declaration of Independence celebrates its 249th birthday today. Each time I examine this document with my American...

I keep thinking of the moment when Jesus tells the disciples that they don’t need to know the times or the seasons for when God does...

Without in the least trivializing the splendid readings for this last Sunday of the Easter season, let me share that decades ago, I began...

What would you do for your friends and the people you love? My guess would be that you would do anything for the people you love....

There have been many happenings in my personal life over the past eight months that, before they occurred, I would have said were...

In the April 2025 Magnificat mass companion, the introduction for Divine Mercy Sunday says that Jesus showed his wounded hands and side,...

It is the darkness before the first rays of the morning sunrise peeking over the hills. The whole world is still - and yet, my whole...

Today’s Mass opens with a familiar scene—Jesus entering Jerusalem, seated on a colt, as his followers “began to praise God aloud with...

My toddler likes to help me do the dishes, but is afraid of the disposal. One day recently, I was emptying out some old food and delaying...

“Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are the light of the world.” Who might you guess is the Saint of Darkness?...

Happy New Year to all! I hope that your Christmas, and New Year Holiday has been one of relaxation, joy, peace, hope and filled with...

“Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” As I read these words at this moment...

As we reflect and remember the Feast Day of St. Lucy, I had to go back and do some research. I have always thought of St. Lucy because...

Have you ever lost patience in waiting for something? A bride waiting for her wedding day, a new mom waiting to give birth to her child,...

Today’s Gospel is a very familiar passage stating the Greatest Commandment. The story, in particular the restating of the Shema, reminds...

We are days from what is predicted to be an even closer presidential election, which feels frightening to even acknowledge.  The...

Do we want the answers we already know? Or do we want to be loved into ever-expanding truth? “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with...

While I usually dread election season, this year my mindset has been almost completely transformed. This is almost completely thanks to a...

If truth be told, I have to admit that I am exhausted. I mean, deeply physically, emotionally and mentally done in. Stretched beyond my...

Today’s readings are full of timeless one-liners in the Christian playbook. Joshua makes the iconic declaration that “As for me and my...