Language is a remarkable thing. We all have it. We all use it. For the human species, language is one of our primary characteristics. ...

Spirit is something we value. We all know persons with lots of spirit. They appear to be full of life, vibrant, confident, happy,...

May is a time for graduations in colleges and universities. The target that has been ahead of us for so many years has been reached and...

If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you...

In one of the final chapters of his book, How Big is Your God? Loyola Press, 2007, ch.47, Jesuit priest Fr. Paul Coutinho relates the...

Stained glass windows are common in churches. They can be moving images. Sometimes they even serve as instruments of teaching. ...

There is an old saying: Some eat to live others live to eat. It appears to stem from the 17th century French playwright Moliere. Its...

Sometimes it is hard to hope. The conflicts around the world seem endless, as one winds down another erupts. Political extremes seem...

[He] suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the...

Whenever I watch the TV News there seems to be much pain in our world. Wars, disasters, failures of our institutions and the pain that...

Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. (Matt.17:1) A number of years...

After Jesus’ baptism by John in the Jordan River the Spirit descended upon him and led him to begin his mission. The first step Jesus...

Perhaps the greatest challenge of Christian faith is to see ourselves living as Jesus lived. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matt chaps...

I have to confess that I have long had a resistance to canon lawyers, canon law and ritual, thinking of them as restrictive and limiting...

Our faces are remarkably the same. Every face has eyes, a nose and a mouth. But at the same time, they are remarkably different,...

Many years ago, traveling in Ireland, I discovered a common awareness of blessing. Sitting in a pub for lunch, we noticed a group of...

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven This very familiar phrase greets us as we say the Our Father, the most...

I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and remain on him (John 1:29-34) Here we are at the beginning of Ordinary Time. Our...

Much of our life’s energies is spent in meeting other people, building meaningful relationships that mark us – a life long project. In...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shone. ...