In these last months, I have been thinking back to my earliest memory of me ever considering the priesthood. I was probably no older than five or six and my father was asking my brothers and I what we wanted to be when we grew up. When it was my […]

Not long ago, we were dining at home and discussing what it means to be a faithful Catholic in today’s world. We were reflecting on an event in which a person, who is also Catholic, expressed an open view about the possibility that the true path to salvation might be […]

On the first Holy Thursday, Jesus gave us the gift of the priesthood and the Eucharist. Recently, Jesus reminded me of the power of these gifts. Here is how He did it….I was on my way to meet some friends for dinner when my phone rang. Assuming it was another […]

We, the Church, have just experienced the multidimensional face of our own salvation in this past week. We have waved triumphant palm branches in vain anticipation of a different kind of reception…a reception that might part a Red Sea of fear and hatred…a liturgy that changes in the blink of […]

If Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith … you are still in your sins. (1 Corinthians 15:14-17)With these powerful words from his First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul helps us see the essential influence he attaches to Jesus’ resurrection. Indeed, […]

If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. (Matthew 16:24)Despite serious concerns about my safety, I traveled in peace to Nicaragua in January.  Fourteen priests, two seminarians and two bishops were put in jail during that time.  Nevertheless, I was blessed […]

During Lent Jesus wants to come closer to us. He calls us to his Kingdom, to contemplate his way of being and to follow him. During this time, we become aware that we are called by God, invited to know his Son, Jesus, more closely.Studying the spirituality of St. Ignatius […]

In our daily lives, filled with the hum of our own needs and wants, we often find ourselves turning to God as a sanctuary, a source of strength in the whirlwind of our trials and tribulations. We reach out to Him with fervent prayers, a litany of our desires and […]

In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us. ~Mother Teresa In today’s Gospel we encounter the Lord in a unique way. As Jesus enters the temple in Jerusalem, He discovers the area is being used as a marketplace. […]

The prefix “trans” means to “go across” or “beyond” or “through.” Another definition suggests that it refers to “on the other side of.”  The transfiguration in today’s Gospel shows how the outline of Jesus’ visible humanity gave way for a brief period to “go beyond” His humanity to reveal His […]