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When people ask me about my call to the priesthood they often begin with the question, “When did you know that you wanted to be a priest?”  Their question assumes that something happened within me, that I weighed the many options open to me... More Info →

The Feast of Epiphany celebrates the manifestation or revelation of the light that is Jesus Christ who reveals to us the Father’s presence, love and glory.  From the time of the middle ages this Feast has celebrated three distinct events of... More Info →

In this Octave of Christmas we celebrate the central mystery of our faith in the Incarnation as the Eternal Word became flesh and “made his dwelling among us.”  On Christmas day we celebrate the first part of the mystery of the Incarnation,... More Info →

     On this fourth Sunday of Advent the Church turns to Mary as our guide for the Advent season.  She is a beautiful model for us all of Advent preparation.  In the life of Mary we first see and celebrate her... More Info →

     When we allow joy into our lives and it is able to touch the deepest part of our hearts it is so exquisite that it often brings tears to our eyes.  I have often found that joy breaks our hearts and creates such a... More Info →

The season of Advent has a rhythm that presents itself in the gospel readings.  We begin the season of Advent with a reading from the gospel that is eschatological in nature, reminding us that the adventus or coming of the Lord that we are... More Info →

We live in a world of twilight, an in-between world, not fully light and not fully darkness, not fully good but not all evil.  We live in a time of struggle between darkness and light, between hope and despair.  We know that in baptism... More Info →

     An icon is an expression of beauty.  It helps us the see the splendor of the truth and the splendor of the good revealed in the beauty of life in the subject the icon represents.  Icons of Jesus the Christ... More Info →

     It is the hope of every good parent that their children will marry well.  They hope and pray that their children will find a suitable partner for life who will truly help them to live a happy and productive... More Info →

     Our gospel parable this week is about prudence, vigilance and preparedness.  Jesus final message for his disciples is, “Watch!”  As Christians we are called to be watchers.  In the garden of Gethsemane... More Info →