In France, during the years following the French Revolution, there was an old man who walked with a limp. He had been a respected soldier in Napoleon’s Army, but battle…

There’s a little known marble sculpture by Michelangelo that can be seen today in Rome in the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. It’s a sculpture of the Risen Christ.…

I usually start my Sunday homilies with a story of some sort. But today, on this Palm Sunday, 2020, I think the best “story”—-or rather, the best “stories”—-are being told…

Any of you who watched the Pope’s Urbi et Orbi Message on Friday, March 27th, would agree, I think, that it was one of the most eerie scenes ever seen…

Bill works at a big city airport for a major airline. He's a mechanic who, after a number of years, is starting to become bored with what he is doing.…

Joan was in her 80’s. When her husband, Richard died, it was the worst experience of her life. Yet, she did not fall apart. Richard had been sick for about…

Max is getting ready for his senior year in college. While he is doing this, he is also trying to sort through a question that has been coming back to…

Jim and Ron had been the best of friends. They grew up together in Mayfair section of the city. And even though they didn’t go to the same high school,…

Vince was the kind of person who had a hard time staying with something that he started. He’d begin a project with all kinds of enthusiasm, but then would lose…

Several years ago, there was a panel discussion that included and Anglican Bishop, a Catholic Bishop, and a Rabbi. The discussion focused on life, dealing with suffering and illness, and…