V Sunday of Easter19 May 2019Year C When I was a kid I used to participate in a “Passion Play” that was put on by people in my home parish of St. Francis of Assisi in North Adams. I started out as an extra… I was the “crowd”. As the years went on I was promoted to be...
IV Sunday of Easter12 May 2019Year C I’m sure that many of us have had the experience of walking into some task or situation or job expecting that it will be a huge success only to have the entire thing go completely wrong! Welcome to my golf game! I always think I’m...
III Sunday of Easter5 May 2019Year C Have you ever been criticized, mocked, bullied, or ridiculed for something you cared deeply about? People can be awfully mean to one another criticizing family, work, even sometimes things as trivial as the sports teams we support...
II Sunday of EasterDivine Mercy28 April 2019 This past Thursday the Diocese was blessed to be able to welcome the relic of St John Marie Vianney – the patron saint of all priests. The relic is of his heart – which is incorrupt. It is enclosed in a glass case and is...
Solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection21 April 2019 After a very powerful Lenten mission in which our speaker quoted the Lorax from Dr. Suess, I went back to the book to recapture its meaning… And I came across this quote: “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it...
Liturgy of Good FridaySolemn Veneration of the Holy Cross19 April 2019 In my 4th year of seminary, as a deacon, I often assisted at the morning Mass for the Missionaries of Charity at their convent in the Vatican – a house established by Sts. Pope John Paul II and...