Lent is just beginning, and now is as good a time as any to make a plan for Lent. Because, in this moment, in this Mass we’re celebrating here and now, the Lord is calling us to repent and believe in the Gospel.Read More

After Jesus cured the leper, he instructed him to show himself to the priests, who, in turn, would offer a lamb as a sacrifice of thanksgiving for his healing.Read More

It is a joy to welcome all of you here to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. The Cathedral is a special Church for everyone in our Archdiocese, the Cathedral is where you find the Bishops chair, “the cathedra”, the place from which I lead the liturgy and teach the faith.Read More

Several months ago, as we completed the listening phase, we joined together for an evening of prayer at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.Read More

Spending these few, entirely pleasant days in the Florida sunshine with fellow members of the family of the Knights of Columbus, it may be a little hard for us to identify with Job’s complaint about the drudgery of life, its slavish routines, its paltry rewards, about life’s brevity, the anxiety it generates, its futility.Read More

On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, something is definitely happening in the most consequential of all dramas, the drama of which God is the creator, the producer, and chief protagonist – the drama which is God’s plan for the creation and redemption of the world, the drama in which...Read More

Father Rapisarda has been with you now for quite a while and you have found him to be a good priest and a gentle shepherd who leads your parish and serves your pastoral needs with dedication and love.Read More

It is a joy to offer this concluding Mass of the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life. Clearly, he was a primary architect of the pro-life movement in the United States, an architect who helped lay its foundations, foundations we continue to build on.Read More