The Public Witness of Clerical Dress

Since my diaconal ordination eight months ago, I’ve made an effort to wear clerical attire as…

Back in Black

Every liturgical season and celebration has its proper color. There is green for ordinary time, white for feast days, purple for…

Lunchtime Evangelization

My pastor and I were having lunch recently at a popular local eatery. We were both in our cassocks. We had an…

A Holy & Pious Thought

All Souls Day is day set aside in the Church for us to do what we should remember to do all year long — to pray for the…

The Idea of a Pilgrimage

In a few days I will be leaving my family and my home to travel over 6000 miles to Jerusalem. Why would I do such a…

Those Who Await Us

St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Solemnity of All Saints

Why Should We Love Our Neighbor?

A Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

To Be Sent

Homily for the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle

Sacred Time

Celebrating the Seasons in the Church and in Our Lives