I was reading The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), and found again one of the more insightful lines in poetry: The best la...

Father Mark was scolded by a parishioner for quoting in his homily the observation of a wise and holy Buddhist. "Why, Father, would yo...

When Moses asked God what his name was, God responded, "I am who I am." In Hebrew "I am" is rendered yahweh , and we hav...

I was asked recently, "In matters of Church, are you liberal or conservative?" Since I did not know how my inquirer defined those ...

I admit I did not understand what Pope John XXIII meant. In announcing his intention to call an ecumenical council, he said that the Church ...

I didn't plan it. There was no rhyme or reason for it. It was just coincidence. But I found it amusing when I noticed in my stack of boo...

I've come to believe that the most difficult virtue to acquire is honesty, and the hardest thing to speak is the truth. Dishonesty in po...