Mission Is Who We Are

I met a man yesterday at church named Frank.  Last week he lost his job at a major New York grocery chain.  Why?  Because he sold a 70...

. . .for repentance. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. It is not the message we typically expect at this time of year.  In fact, the cul...

I once brought a high school youth group to New York to work at the soup kitchen at Holy Apostles.  They saw a lot of things that open...

The prophet Isaiah paints a picture of the new world God is creating from the old as stunning today as it was so many years ago.  No ...

The big theological debate of Jesus’ day was about the resurrection.  The Pharisees, along with Jesus, believed in it.  The Sadducees di...

The Gospel for All Saints Day begins with a difficult teaching of Jesus.  “Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed ar...

When my children were young, my mother gave them a book.  It was called I Never Say I’m Thankful but I Am .  It was about all the things ...