I became an uncle at the ripe age of seven and so I wasn't much older than my nieces and nephews.  Sometimes when I played with them and...

In the Gospel at Mass today (Mark 8: 27-35) Jesus asks his disciples what people are thinking and saying about him.  "Who do people say...

Usually the Church celebrates a feast on the death date of a saint.  That is their "birthday" into heaven.  But for three people w...

In the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Cycle A (John 14: 1-12), we see Jesus at the Last Supper getting impatient with his apostles....

While it's very mild (59 degrees F) today in Springfield, IL where I am helping with a retreat for seminarians from Kenrick Seminary i...

November 3 is the feast of St. Martin de Porres but it is also the day when many Catholics remember the Jesuit priest, Blessed Rupert Mayer...

On February 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, we celebrate the annual World Day of the Sick.  It’s a day on which we pray in a special ...

Today is the feast of St. Peter Chrysologus, a bishop and doctor of the Church whose preaching was so inspired that he was called "Go...

At the Last Supper, Jesus faced three dilemmas and offered one solution.  The dilemmas were the result of his love. The greatest act of lo...

I celebrated Mass this morning for the 600 students and faculty of St. Anthony's High School in Milwaukee .  I found it a good opportuni...

On September 14 we celebrated the Exaltation or Triumph of the Holy Cross.  I gave the following homily to a group at the Sacred Heart Retre...

It’s the feast of St. Joan of Arc who was burned at the stake on this day in 1431 when she was 19 years old.   She was a favorite saint of...

The word "advent" comes from the Latin word for "coming." During this season we prepare to remember and to celebrate Chr...

On Saturday I was on Chambers Island in the middle of Green Bay, not the city but the body of water that forms part of Lake Michigan. I was ...

When I was growing up, if something bad happened and I cried or moped, the Sisters in my grade school would say three words. No, not "g...

The last of St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises is called "The Contemplation to Attain the Love of God." One of his "point...

Abraham was a man of great faith and it didn’t come easily to him. He grew in faith through the exercise of this virtue. He reached th...

The first reading ( 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21 ) and the gospel ( Luke 9:51-62 ) for today, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C, refer to pl...

I first heard about the Guard of Honor several years ago when I gave a retreat to the Visitation Sisters in Brooklyn, NY .  I saw a dial w...

I spoke at the Mercy Sunday Prayer Service which the West Allis, WI parish, Mary Queen of Heaven, held this afternoon.  I basically recycled...