I don’t think it’s ever been called a miracle: Was Jesus the rare man in history to turn down the opportunity to label a group of people...

† She is one of our more colorful street parishioners – colorful in hair, in nails, in clothing, and in expression. Until you talk with...

It was a kind of a reverse loaves and fishes situation. Garbed in my cassock, collar, and cap as usual, I was on a Thursday night-walk...

“On the ‘feast of Pentecost,’ or Whitsunday, June 9, 1549, the Book of Common Prayer  and the Act of Uniformity became the law of the...

How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paree? This song was a hit right after World War I, when our boys were coming...

What a long, strange trip it’s been, these past eight days. A joyous Easter Day to you, and for those are celebrating concurrently the...

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching...

What if smart phones were around when Jesus was? No doubt word about him would’ve traveled faster and farther. Jesus said many Tweetable...

“God the Lent-Whisperer” The devil didn’t need Jesus to prove to him that he is the Son of God. The devil knew God’s Son from the moment...

“I say to you that listen.” † “Listen” is the first word in the Rule of Saint Benedict, and the verbs “to listen” and “to obey,” he...

I’m developing some thoughts, as yet incomplete and unrefined, about Artificial Intelligence. Perhaps I should ask AI to help me write...

† Imagine Jesus choosing disciples as if he was forming his cabinet. “Paul … you used to say nasty things about me, but you wised up and...

† Take, bless, break, give. We rehearse these words and actions every time we celebrate Mass together, because, at the Last Supper, Jesus...

The little that the righteous has is better than the great riches of the wicked. For the power of the wicked shall be broken, but the...

He who must not be named. Those familiar with the Harry Potter books will recall the character Voldemort, the Dark Lord, who Harry Potter...

† “Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear.” Those of you who drive will recall this statement etched on your side-view...

The wise men “left for their own country by another road.” It mustn’t have been easy for those seasoned travelers to find their way home...

Priestly Spirituality and Catholic Evangelism. The SCP that you’ll often find at the end of my name stands for the Society of Catholic...

All Saints’ was blessed last Wednesday to open our doors to our street parishioners for the annual Pranksgiving Dinner, which is a...

I realized I could pass as a New Yorker, or at least as a Manhattanite, when people started asking me for directions. Sure, I dressed...