Who would you die for? Just think about that for a second… who would you die for? Your spouse … children … parent … close friend? Would you die for a total stranger? Notice too what Jesus says here: “This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. No one...
Every year on the 4th Sunday of Easter, we read the gospel of the Good Shepherd … and as such call this day “Good Shepherd Sunday”. It also marks the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. As priests are, by virtue of their ordination, conformed to the likeness of Good...
One of my favorite churches in all of Rome is Santa Maria Sopra Minerva – the only Gothic church in the city. It houses one of Michelangelo’s not-so well-known sculptures. He depicts a young Christ standing firm but not stiff. He stands alone, holding the cross in his...
An epigraph is a short quotation or phrase at the beginning of a book or chapter of a book that is intended to suggest its theme. It could also be an engraving or inscription. Nevertheless, it has a way of setting the tone, giving the reader an idea of the direction...
One week ago, roughly 62 people gathered at St. Michael’s Cathedral for a Mass and holy hour to pray for vocations to the priesthood. Young men, teens with their dads – along with a few moms – some dads just came to pray for their boys. A friend of mine came all the...
The word ‘hosanna’ is a term with which we ought to be familiar. It is taken directly from the Scriptures we proclaim today, Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem – recorded in all 4 Gospels. Originally a Hebrew word which is very rarely translated – means ‘save us’...