Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

I preached this morning at the opening Mass for Catholic Christian Outreach's annual Christmas conference , attended by more than five ...

I had the pleasure tonight of introducing Father Raymond de Souza at a reception in Vancouver to promote his new venture. Here are my brie...

It was Christmas Eve, but Jim, Frank, and Joe were stranded on a desert island. Their food and water were almost gone, and the three friend...

When I was ten years old, a great darkness came over the land. The lights went out for 25 million people, in an 80,000 square mile area of ...

My last post included a link to the Vatican's wonderful webpage on the Sistine Chapel.  Navigating it, however, is a bit of a challenge....

As all my faithful readers know, my so-called "blog" is not the real thing--properly speaking, a blog is "usually maintained ...

I woke up in Rome bright and early this morning, since I haven't adjusted to the time change, and decided to continue cleaning up my ov...