Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus is rejected by the people of his own town. For as he says, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place.”
Putting on your Sunday best.
We grow up being told to wear our “Sunday best,” but let us not forget that as the old saying goes, “you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” Our words, thoughts...
Last month, I was blessed to celebrate Mass at Catholic Social Services. Besides staff members, children and adults with disabilities and their parents also attended. They were having a retreat day...
At one time in my life I was a high school football coach. I loved the excitement of Friday nights. There were always so many elements that I loved about coaching.
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march...
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley preaches during a Mass in the Oklahoma City cathedral in 2021.
U.S. bishops’ conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley called...
Campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana
Two scholars have resigned their roles at the university’s Asian studies institute, while the...