Aug 25, 2023

When we think about the Pope, we often think of the Vatican.  But the roots of the Papacy are in the Old Testament as well as in the Gospel story of Jesus changing Simon’s name to Peter and giving him the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.

More Catholic than the Pope.” There is nothing more quintessentially Catholic...

Aug 23, 2023

5 minute podcast on the Mount of Beatitudes on the Northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and where he spent solitary hours in prayer.

Aug 18, 2023

Jesus heals the daughter of the Canaanite woman because her faith was so great. He rebuked the disciples because their faith was too little. Matthew’s gospel here is teaching us something very important about the nature of the faith needed to move mountains.

The apostles thought she was a nuisance and asked Jesus to...

Aug 12, 2023

The gospel story of Jesus walking on the water and Peter sinking has much to teach us about the difference between fear, little faith, and the kind of trust that endures waves and storms, trials and crisis.

One of the most famous stories of the New Testament is the one about Jesus walking on the water. If there is any...

Aug 10, 2023

Assisi, though only a small, hillside town, boasts a plethora of beautiful churches and picturesque chapels.  Two major basilicas tower over all of them and embrace Assisi like two strong arms.  We speak of the basilicas of San Francesco (St. Francis) and Santa Chiara (St. Clare).