The Clergy Corner

With just a week and a half until Holy Week, we are entering the most spiritually significant days of Lent. This is the time to pause and...

This weekend, as we pass the halfway point of our Lenten journey , we celebrate Laetare Sunday , so named because of the first word, in...

Every day, we make choices about the food we eat. Our physical health is shaped by these choices—whether we nourish our bodies with...

Each year on the Second Sunday of Lent we climb the mountain of the Transfiguration with Jesus, Peter, James, and John.  The...

Lent is not just a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—it is a summons to die. Not a physical death, but a death to self, to sin,...

This week we embark upon our Lenten journey once more.  This holy season is a final period of intensive preparation for all who will be...

In today’s world, it can feel as though faith is something to be kept private—something personal that should not interfere with our daily...

Our gospel reading for these last three Sundays before Lent this year comes from Chapter 6 of Luke’s Gospel, known as the Sermon on the...

I would advocate that a spiritual life of any depth is unattainable without first setting your course down the wonderful challenging road...

This weekend we interrupt our counting of Sundays in Ordinary Time to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.  On this...

As Catholics, we are called to work not only for our own well-being but for the good of others. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus teaches,...

From the time I was a seminarian I can remember priests and other liturgical types in the Church talk about the return to “Boring Time”...

As we enter the Jubilee of Hope proclaimed by Pope Francis, we are invited to embark on a profound spiritual journey. This sacred year is...

As the kids return to school this week and what the secular world considers “the holiday season” winds down, the Church continues its...

As we stand on the precipice of a new year, our Catholic reflection carries the weight of the world’s challenges, particularly the...

As we light the final candle on the Advent wreath, I share these words of Pope Francis to reflect upon as we join with the Church...

Last weekend, I had the privilege of witnessing my granddaughter Maisy receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time. It was...

On the middle two Sundays of Advent each year, St. John the Baptist takes center stage. In  today’s gospel reading, Luke introduces us to...

The sound of bells ringing from a Catholic church is a profound symbol of faith and tradition, echoing across time and space....

As the nation celebrates Thanksgiving this week, here’s a little history lesson on the true story of the first Thanksgiving in the New...