It’s hard to be honest. When I was teaching high school I was sometimes challenged by a student who rejected what I was saying, often d...

The Old Testament and the New describe God’s people as priests. In Exodus 19:6 Yahweh told Moses that the people would become “a kingdom of...

If we are going to fulfill the commandment  to love one another , then we are going to have to step outside of our comfort zone. Jesus did ...

It takes courage to step outside of one’s comfort zone.  Jesus did it, and he clearly expects his disciples to do the same. The lives of th...

Although Catholics in general like Pope Francis and support his papal style, many (bishops and priests included) do not understand him. ...

Sometimes I find myself saying the same thing my mother said decades ago (she died in 1973). I doubt she would really like my repeating som...

In his address to the bishops at the end of the third session of the Second Vatican Council (November 21, 1964), Pope Paul VI with a degree...