The Christmas story is a lengthy meditation on a counterintuitive but essential truth: true freedom, genuine liberation, comes through freely chosen obedience to God’s purposes.Read More

Alas, like many other hymns, “For All the Saints” is an endangered species today, gutted by parish music directors and pastors who commit the grave sin of not singing a hymn in its entirety — or worse, who bowdlerize the lyrics to coddle the sensibilities of the Church of Nice.Read More

When we complain about another, we often take a position of judgment. Yet only God is the ultimate judge, our Christ.Read More

Those who possess true joy are not deterred by their problems, by distress or by deprivation – their own or that of others.Read More

As the Christmas season approaches, George Matysek shares the joys of having five children age 5 and under.Read More

During this season of giving, as we thoughtfully select gifts for people we know and love – and maybe even for strangers – how wonderful to consider that a gift may bring joy not just in the moment of opening, but also for years to come.Read More

This Christmas season, as your family and mine add unnecessary “stuff” to the pile collecting in our closets, dressers, and cabinets, let us remember there are good and hardworking families in our community who are not as blessed to afford new things.Read More

Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about whether Judas received Communion and a priest refusing to baptize a baby.Read More