A Child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia! On this great feast of the Lord’s Nativity, the Church rejoices that God has come to save us. Not in a flashy way,

Gaudete, rejoice! Today marks Gaudete Sunday, often denoted by the rose vestments worn by the priest and deacon (definitely rose and not pink!) The name Gaudete Sunday comes from the

“Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius …” you know how it goes! If those names sound vaguely familiar to you, it’s because they are the names of a few early Popes

Welcome to Advent! “Advent” comes from the Latin meaning “to come”. In other words, this whole season is about looking forward at something that is to come—the coming of Christ.

I pray you all had a blessed Thanksgiving, with your family and friends, or even if you were alone this time. We shouldn’t forget those for whom holidays are especially

I spoke last week about the precipitous climb of the “none’s,” those with no religious affiliation, especiallyamong our young people. I argued that they’ve left because the Church became too

This coming week, we celebrate Halloween, of course. “Halloween” is just short for “All Hallows’ Eve”,which means it is the day before the celebration of “All Hallows” or “All Saints”

As the weather begins to change and we are driven more and more indoors, perhaps it is a good opportunity to go “spiritually indoors,” too. Our Catholic spiritual tradition speaks

Holy, holy, holy! Do you ever wonder why we say “holy” three times in the Mass before “Lord, God of hosts”? Is it to emphasize God’s holiness? Is it a

At the time of your reading this, I’ll have returned fromour biannual priest convocation. This is a meeting of allthe priests in the Diocese for a few days of seminars,prayer,