We have just heard the climax of the Greatest Story Ever Told. We hear it every Palm Sunday – and we will hear it again on Good Friday. It is a story of monumental suffering, and love, that has been proclaimed from pulpits around the world for centuries. It speaks for itself. There’s nothing I…

“As you go forth in your preparation, you will spend much time preparing homilies. But even more important is the preparation of the homilist. That means, we are called to preach who we are and what we are. We preach what we know…and what we know is that God loves us, and that is the…

“At this dark moment in time…what is being announced is hope. Mary, we’re told, was troubled at what she heard. But what follows is a message for all of us. In our moments of confusion, when we are troubled by what God brings to us…nothing is impossible. Angels will speak. The Spirit will come. A…

You might not know it from the weather, but Friday was the first day of spring. At the building where we live, that meant they finally took down the Christmas lights. The landscaping company came out to spread mulch and seed and plant bulbs. Where I work, in Brooklyn, the road crews came to start…

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