On the Blessed Virgin Mary I recollect one saying among others of my confessor, a Jesuit Father, one of the holiest, most prudent men I ever knew. He said that we could not love the […]
Surprise and delight were the common responses to the announcement that this past week Pope Leo XIV approved the proposal of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints that St. John Henry Cardinal Newman be […]
Editor’s note: This homily was preached for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, (Extraordinary Form), on July 27, 2025, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday’s readings gave us the opportunity to […]
Our saint of the day, Aloysius Gonzaga, lived in the sixteenth century and came from nobility on both the Italian and Spanish sides of his family. He renounced his earthly patrimony to enter the Jesuits, […]
Note: The following homily was preached on Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025, at the Church of the Transfiguration in Syracuse, New York. Wind, fire, thunder and lightning. The Sacred Scriptures are replete with instances of […]
By now, many readers will have heard about the draft liturgical policy,“‘Go In Peace, Glorifying the Lord By Your Life’: A Pastoral Letter on the Celebration of the Liturgy”, produced by Bishop Michael Martin of […]
The Jesus of the Northeast, the Eastern Catholics, and those of the Anglican Ordinariate (and a few other ecclesiastical jurisdictions around the country) always catches His flight to Heaven on time, while His flight home […]
The Catholic Education Foundation is hosting its 11th annual seminar on the role of the priest in today’s Catholic school from July 15-17, 2025, at The Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati. The intended audience is bishops, priests, and seminarians […]
Editor’s note: This homily was delivered at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, on May 11, 2025, World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Since 1963, the Church Universal has used this Sunday to “pray the Lord of […]
Your Grace1, I was stunned to read of your recent attack on those who receive Holy Communion on the tongue. Even more so because you used an Easter homily to launch that assault, which demonstrates […]
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