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On this Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, we find ourselves confronted once again with what business managers and auditors might call stock-taking. In the corporate world, this means rolling up one’s sleeves, drawing a clear line between successes and failures, and determining a clear path forward. In spiritual language, however, this time of year invites […]

The memorial of Saint Frances Cabrini, an Italian nun, is a national celebration in the United States. Despite facing monumental roadblocks, Mother Cabrini is renowned for founding the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for her tireless efforts in assisting Italian immigrants in the United States. There is a movie in Mother

On this eventful celebration of St. Martin of Tours, a French soldier who later became a priest and a bishop, we pray for all our veterans. Today’s celebration is one of those beautiful coincidences that we often find in our daily interactions with God. Like many of our veterans, Martin became a well-known name in

On this Thursday, brothers and sisters, I want to address Christian solidarity, as reflected in the liturgy. Our call to solidarity is a call to live as one body, united in the love of Jesus who binds us together. True solidarity means sharing not only in each other’s joys but also in each other’s burdens,

One reason we, as Christians, can stand firm in faith is that we believe our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, died and rose from the dead. This proclamation is a fundamental truth, and in every Mass, during the Profession of Faith after Consecration, we restate it in the mystery of our faith.  Because of this

St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans stands among his most significant writings, with part of today’s reading in chapter eight offering one of its most powerful messages and highlights. Among other things, today’s passage reminds us that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. This truth, our hope in Christ Jesus, is rooted in

This Sunday, we dwell again on the theme of prayer, described by many theologians as the heartbeat of our relationship with God. Prayer is the key to success. Before we pursue any endeavor, the Church encourages us to pause and commune with God, who gives meaning to our work and purpose to our striving. On

Today, I reflect on the first reading, the Letter to the Romans (6:19-23), where I draw one crucial message. In the reading, St. Paul mentions one of the essential points about true freedom, saying that we do not find it by doing whatever we please, but in aligning our lives with God’s will, which brings

A vital lesson shines through today’s first reading, where Moses instructs his younger collaborator, Joshua, on the rule of engagement in their battle against the Amalekites (Exodus 17:8-23). Deriving from that reading, I will briefly round up its implications for us going forward in this Holy Eucharistic celebration.  In that reading, Moses instructed Joshua to

Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, the third Bishop of Antioch and the first to call the universal body of Christ the “Catholic Church.” St. Ignatius was arrested under Emperor Trajan, and he was later dragged to the Colosseum in Rome by soldiers, who killed him around 107 AD. On his