This past week, on July 23rd, we celebrated the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden.  Though St. Bridget may not be as well-known as other saints, her wisdom has truly resonated with me.The first time I heard of St. Bridget was a few years ago when I was surfing the channels on the TV.  Not […]

Last week I was invited to participate in a meeting entitled, “The way to Holiness.”Several people intervened and many different documents were read. During the different interventions I heard many words being mentioned such as “faithfulness,” “purity,” “prayer,” and “perseverance.” Nevertheless, I felt somehow “cheated” because the most important word when it comes to Holiness […]

“The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.” ~Venerable Fulton J. Sheen In the Archdiocese of Boston, we are in the midst of the Year of the Eucharist. This year was promulgated by Cardinal Séan O’Malley after a recent Pew Report revealed that only one third of Catholics in the […]

When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!” (Mark 6:2) These words from today’s Gospel might set us off pondering […]

It’s an unfortunate reality that the time of the week when ethnic or racial groups are most separated from each other is Sunday morning.  One hundred years ago, in 1921, a Congregational Church in Washington, D.C. challenged these divisions. This effort brought to bear the First Race Amity celebration when thousands of people joined some […]

For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:13-14)I have always loved this verse from scripture; in fact I have it on my living room wall.  A recent experience with hatching chicks has really opened that verse up […]