Sermons

In asking, “Lord, if it is you…” Peter keeps company with Satan, Caiaphas and the mockers at the cross—not exactly what we expect from the one whom Jesus called “the rock” on whom he would build his church...

Wouldn’t you love to have been a “fly on a wall” and to hear, for example, what General Washington said to his men as they crossed the Delaware River? Or to hear, say, what exactly...

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s household....

Pope Francis writes about..."those parents who raise their children with immense love, those who work hard to support their families…the sick…the elderly." Each of us is called to follow Christ and to share in his mission...

Caravaggio completed his painting “The Call of St. Matthew” in 1600. It is a dynamic and stunning work, showcasing Caravaggio’s dramatic “chiaroscuro” style of light and shadow... Notice how Caravaggio creates a rather “shady” scene consistent with today’s Gospel lesson...