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 […]
An embarrassment of riches confronts us today as we observe the Octave Day of Easter, Dominca in albis, Divine Mercy Sunday, Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday—take your pick—with readings that lead us to such seemingly diverse things as the experience […]
The Church calls this day by two names: Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. The first, for victory—the name most people recognize, not surprisingly; the second, for suffering—the one most folks would sooner forget. But in […]
The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Lent is upon us. And the first step in having a successful, productive Lent is […]
Being a multi-tasker by nature (and habit), I often turn on the telly for some mindless entertainment while I do some writing or editing. For fourteen years, however, on Friday nights at ten, I have […]
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