Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Mt. 5:2   Really? The meek and the merciful are “blessed”? The grief-stricken are “comforted”? “Blessed” are ...

Sweeping Health Measure, Backed by Obama, Passes Senate

Article posted in the New York Times. Click the link below to view: Sweeping Health Measure, Backed by Obama, Passes Senate

The Year of Conquering Negative Thinking

Article posted in the New York Times. Click the link below to view The Year of Conquering Negative Thinking

Young Victims of the Opioid Epidemic

Article posted in New York Times. Click the link below to view the article:  Young Victims of the Opioid Epidemic

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Behold the Lamb of God” (Jn. 1, 29)   “A lot of church-going people never really got baptized.” That sentence jumped out at me from a very provocative article written ...

Epiphany of the Lord

  “We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” Mt. 2:1   Epiphany, a word meaning a divine manifestation within human history, is one ...