If we would be good citizens, prudent and virtuous, true advocates for peace, doers of charity and justice, lovers of the poor and vulnerable, then let us give proper allegiance to our country, but let our first and ultimate allegiance be to the One who is truly Lord of Heaven and Earth, the One who came, not to compete with Caesar’s earthly power, but to be the light of the world, to be the hope that does not disappoint, the One who truly loves the poor and hears their cry, the One whose love not even sin and death can conquer.Read More

As we keep the Vigil of the Lord’s Birth, let us do what Joseph did: When the angel announced to him the very essence of God’s mysterious drama, Joseph took it heart; not only did he hear the Gospel, he acted on it.Read More

In these days, as we prepare our hearts anew to celebrate the Incarnation, let us ask the Holy Spirit to purify us of sin and to shape and mold our hearts, that we response to our calling as Mary responded to hers: in humility, in a spirit of holiness, full of wonder and awe, a readiness to cooperate with God’s plan, a faith that seeks understanding, a heart, a mind, a body, a soul that surrenders to God’s plan and indeed to the part he is asking us to play in fulfillment of his plan.Read More

Assenting to what seems humanly impossible, going the extra mile when the road has already been long – all of this becomes possible when, at Christmas, we peer into the creche and see the Word made flesh lying in a manger, the very One we receive in Holy Communion.Read More

We are surrounded by “a [heavenly] cloud of witnesses” – the Blessed Virgin Mary, the saints, the angels, your dear father, who are praying with us and for us in the communion of saints. Above all, we have entered into the presence of Christ, the great High Priest.Read More