View from the Ambo/Mercy With Teeth

This last weekend I preached my first of 8 weekends on the state of vocations in our Diocese in various parishes/Area Faith Communities. In...

The New York Magazine has a brief article about Phillip Pullman questioning if the promotion of his book, The Golden Compass would be easie...

This Weekend, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. As we mark this feast, I will point out four ways that someone is made king, at le...

As we draw closer to the end of the Church year, our readings help to remind us that Christ is not only in control, but that He will return....

Dr. Lawrence J. Welch has a great article posted on the Catholic Exchange site. While he is writing in response to the attempted ordinati...

The Sadducees were a sect of Jews who rejected all but the Torah (the first 5 books of the Bible) as well as all unseen realities: Angels a...

Zacchaeus was a short man, and a man accustomed to being looked down upon. As a tax collector, he was hated and despised. Thinking he knew...