Reflections of a Diocesan Priest

We are in the middle of the “graduation season.” And while COVID-19 may have changed the way celebrate ...

In the Gospel today, the question behind the passage we heard seems to be: Can the disciples still love Jesus when He is gone?

Happy Mother's Day! In these days and weeks following Easter, we visit with the early Christians ... our forebears ...

Have you ever felt completely secure? Is there a moment in your life that comes to mind in which, even in the midst of distress ...

Have you ever had someone come up to you and begin talking to you like they knew you and you have no idea who they are?

Most of us have imperfect recall when it comes to remembering names … in other words, we don’t always remember ...

A few years ago, an Ohio man asked a court of law to declare that he was alive. It seems, after Donald Miller had been missing ...

As we conclude the three holiest days of the year and begin the Easter Season, I thought it might be good to share my reflection ...

The day began in triumph, with crowds of people waving palms amid joyful shouts. His entrance into Jerusalem caused quite a stir ...

As if you haven’t guessed, I am a fan of history and some of my stories these past few weeks as I begin my homilies, attest to that fact.

"The man who was blind went off and washed himself and came back able to see." Entrance Antiphon: Is 66:10-11 – “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be...

Some of you may have noticed that the Gospel reading was longer than usual. No apologies: it is Lent, after all, and we have to get in shape

My maternal grandmother ... Julia Kratson ... Mom-Mom … used to spend the winters with us in Marlton. The old house she called home ...

I think the following is a fair statement. We all like shortcuts. In the world of computers, a “macro” allows someone to complete ...

We don’t have much day-to-day contact with ashes these days. And yet we gather once a year in great numbers to receive a cross of ashes ...

Debuting in 1966 and running through the 1973 season ... thirty years before the Tom Cruise movies of the same name ... there was a TV ...

Coming as they did from a Jewish background, some early Christians, thought that, in order to truly follow the teachings of Jesus, you began

One of the classic stunts on the original Candid Camera television show centered on a car that had been specially altered to move ...

At first, this celebration of the Presentation of the Lord may seem rather strange and out of sequence. We have long since taken down ...

What I think is often fascinating and sometimes inspiring … is to listen to peoples’ stories … about how they arrived at their current