Weekly Reflections

Some years ago one of London’s newspapers, The Daily Telegraph, printed a classic letter that a mother had received from her 11-year-old son when he was on a class trip…

“Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our…

Many of us know someone who, when the challenges of life befall them, never seem to give up. Rather than falling over, they stand firm, place their faith In God,…

We begin the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, and this weekend is the first Sunday of Lent. Today is an excellent opportunity for us to meditate on the purpose…

In their Guide to Lent, the National Catholic Register notes that 40 is no ordinary number. Biblically, the number has always had a special significance regarding preparation and denotes a…

St. Paul, in his Letter to the Philippians (4:8), sets out the path of virtue: “Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,…

I would like to call your attention to a line in John’s Gospel. The Gospel says that, “John arrived at the tomb first. (20:4) He bent down and saw the…

We have been living through months and days of unprecedented turmoil in our minds and hearts, and also all around us. The coronavirus, of course, has been making things a…

After countless times reading and re-reading the Holy Scripture over nearly the five decades of my ministerial priesthood, only a few days ago, it dawned on me that, alas, we…

It was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. Any Catholic priest, I included,…