July 2022

Month

This Thursday, August 4, is the Feast Day of the Patron Saint of Parish Priests: Saint John Mary Vianney. During the 2009 Year for Priests, I offered a number of reflections on the simple curate also known as The Cure of Ars. This year I will reflect on the orations for Votive Masses offered for...
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Until 2020, the General Roman Calendar of the Latin or Western Rite Churches [as opposed to the Byzantine or other Eastern Rite Churches in union with the Pope] designated July 29 as the Feast of Saint Martha.
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WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Three centuries before the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC], which met for the first time, on February 17, 1863.
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WILL IT BE THE SAME OLD/SAME OLD?  It seems that each week I meet more and more people emerging from the Covid quarantine and making their way back to the regular ‘in-person’ practice of the Faith.  Amen!  Alleluia!
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As sacred Scripture proclaims: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” [Psalm 33:12a] Although it is no longer ‘politically correct’ to highlight or even mention it, our Country was firmly built on Judeo-Christian values
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