A Catholic Clergy's Perspective

Despair and fear seem to be on the rise in our society.  If it is not about daily stories of hate crimes, people being killed by guns or knives, destruction from war or weather, it concerns political unrest or general negativity in every plausible scenario.  There is no escape because social media in all its outlets believes it needs to notify everyone, whether you want to kn...

 At the end of our first five years of marriage, we had four children, a son, twin daughters and another daughter. It was difficult to raise a family on one income, so my wife started a part-time job to make sure we could pay all our bills and feed ourselves. It became my introduction to understanding through Candi’s decision the reality of what God means by reaching out in l...

My blogs and homilies often focus on the purpose for why God created us out of His love, our need to understand what the purpose is and to share it with others. Our Gospel and readings for this Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary time give us an insight as offered with the ideas of wisdom, predestination and the Christian life.

In my previous article on the Seven Ecumenical Councils, we explored the First Council of Nicaea. Convened in AD 325 by the Roman Emperor Constantine in collaboration with Pope Sylvester I, the council met in the Greek-speaking city of Nicaea in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Its primary purpose was to address the heresy of Arianism, which taught that Jesus was the greatest ...

One of my favorite children’s movies are “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” It is about a candy maker who issues five gold tickets in various chocolate bars he sells so a child can become a partner in his business and help them to grow their business. What makes it interesting is how the five children ...