The New Evangelization

On August 29, in the Liturgical Calendar of the catholic Church, we memorialize the martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist. Two millennia after his illustrious mission as the harbinger of Christ, we readily accept, as we should, his prophetic role in the revelation of God’s plan of salvation and the advent of the Gospel. Yet,…

O precious and wonderful banquet! Since it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might make men gods. Moreover, when he took our flesh he dedicated the whole of its substance to our salvation. He offered his…

There is almost nothing in our human experience to match the hopeful prospect of the birth of a child. Only the most jaded and cynical person gives up on searching or waiting for the person or persons who will figure out the solutions to our most intractable problems. The next child, or the newest child,…

The Apostle Paul invites us not to “quiet lives of desperation” but to find the meaning and purpose of what I call “quiet lives of dedication.” These are the lives lived by our greatest saints The pop culture icon Andy Warhol is famous for his observation that we all get our 15 minutes of fame.…

It was a privilege to minister to “Joy” but it was also a privilege to be ministered to by her. She was prepared to die because she had learned how to live, filled with the faith, hope and love which comes from an ongoing relationship with the loving God in whom we will all find…

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