Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, How’s your Lent? There have already been a few days when I have found myself in the midst of a Lenten desert, grumbling like the Israelites in yesterday’s first reading, longing for...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The first Sunday in Lent marks the annual "Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion" and I’m still on the proverbial "cloud nine." It’s a wonderful and faith-filled gathering for...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, People returning from pilgrimages to Rome often ask me if I miss my time in the Eternal City. While I loved all 18 of the years that I lived there, I consider it a blessing that there’s...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,   If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday, you might have seen the commercial that is part of the “He Gets Us” series. This year, the ad addressed the excessive noise and misleading...