And my fondest, deepest prayer on this Sunday of rejoicing is that each of you, and every member of the Archdiocese, whether active or inactive, will experience God’s loving and merciful embrace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation sometime before the approaching feast of Easter, even as many are preparing to be baptized and received into...Read More
As we join in this Act of Consecration, let us pray that we ourselves we will consecrated anew to the Lord, so that in the challenges and setbacks of life, we may respond as did Mary, “be it done to me according to Thy Word”.Read More
As you enter upon your 175th anniversary year, I pray that, thru the intercession of St. Patrick, your parish may stand for years to come at the mouth of Susquehanna River and the head of the Chesapeake Bay as light brightly visible for all to see.Read More
Lent is that time for our faith in God to come alive; it’s a time when we sense anew the urgency of our faith; a time when our faith must bear the good fruit of holiness.Read More
Gathered at St. Joseph Parish on the Feast of St. Joseph, it seems to me that we are invited to reflect on who St. Joseph is and what his life and example means to us as Catholic men of the 21st century.Read More
Even as we depart anew from the slavery of sin towards the freedom of holiness, let us resolve to influence the culture all around us, moving it from a godless secularity that enslaves so many people towards a renewed vision of faith in whose light human dignity is seen and a civilization of justice, love,...Read More
Praying for peace means humbly seeking our own conversion of mind and heart, for we all have our role to play in manifesting the Kingdom of God in today’s world.Read More
Finally, let us beseech the Most Holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, the Queen of Peace. Through her intercession, may Christ, the Prince of Peace, reign in human hearts, even those hearts that have hatched aggressive plans to subjugate innocent and peace-loving peoples. Thank you for the privilege of addressing you this morning. May...Read More
It’s no secret that we live in angry culture, awash in angry words. Individually, we cannot change that, but we can contribute to a more peaceful world by resolving to tone down our rhetoric and to speak the truth in love.Read More
In this centennial year of his birth, we thank God for this good and faithful priest, for his openness to the work of the spirit, for the ways he gave to others what he first revived, for the ways he showed the relevance of faith to the needs of the human heart, and the way...Read More
Only by participating in Christ love, only by sharing it, welcoming it into our hearts, do we find the grace and strength we need to forgive our enemies and to love them.Read More
Though reigning in heaven, Mary remains close to us, her children. The Blessed Mother wants nothing more than to bring forth in us the image of her Son – the Christ of the Beatitudes.Read More