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I’m reliably informed that one of the great joys of romantic love are the sweet things that get said between the two people in the relationship.  And that usually starts very early on.  It doesn’t take very long before each person is telling the other how wonderful he or she is, or how attractive he […]

One of the great blessings of living in a country such as America is the number of opportunities many of us have.  I say “many” because we know that some in our society are mired in circumstances that pose enormous obstacles to improving their personal situations.  But for many of us, we have choices.  Where

Some years ago, early in his pontificate, Pope Francis made a simple statement that got a lot of attention.  In fact he made MANY statements that got a lot of attention.  He is the Pope after all.  But one comment in particular really caught the attention of not just the faithful, but many others as

The Homily is not available this week.

One of my very favorite things is to go on retreat.  And I guess this doesn’t surprise you.  After all, I am a member of the clergy, and you probably assume that it is an essential part of the job description.  But even before that, before I had begun this journey down the path to