With the celebration of Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we enter into the holiest week of the entire liturgical year. It’s

I miss you! It’s surely a different experience offering Mass in the presence of my brother priests, two religious Sisters and one

It’s been a very trying week at the parish, in our diocese, in our state, our country and our world. COVID-19 has

In these times in which we live, when we have high expectations of ourselves or others, we can easily become frustrated when

On the 2nd Sunday of Lent, the Church presents the story of Our Lord’s Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor. As the Feast of

In his writings, Saint Paul reminds us that “we are ambassadors for Christ” (II Cor. 5:20). To be an ambassador is to

This coming Wednesday,  we begin the season of Lent with the traditional observance of Ash Wednesday, where churches will be filled with

This week, I relinquish my space to a teaching from a remarkably coherent and timely decree issued by the Bishop of Springfield,

I was glued to the T.V. Tuesday night. There was another “State of the Union” address; but it took on new and

One of the most iconic symbols in the world of sports in the Olympic flame. For more than 80 years, the flame