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November 27, 2019
As a priest, part of my gig is listening to people tell me their sins.
November 3, 2019
Religion is not in decline, though such are the headlines.
September 1, 2019
No better in our politics than primitives, we still invoke the gods.
August 11, 2019
Rodrigo’s son is Adrian. Adrian is disabled. Rodrigo works three jobs to pay for his care. Rodrigo brought Adrian from Peru to the United States 15 years ago, so he’d receive the best care possible, so he could live. Because Rodrigo loves Adrian, a father and a son.
July 27, 2019
Preaching to children belongs to the work of the priest.
May 22, 2019
The Desert, Not the Monastery We are sheep lost in the desert, but the shepherd is looking for us. That is how Pope Benedict XVI described the Church at the beginning of his pontificate.
May 22, 2019
Maggie Whitfield interviews Melanie Newman of the Salem Red Sox…
May 22, 2019
Several years ago, a woman came to the office. She wasn’t a Christian, wasn’t practicing any sort of faith at the time, not the faith of her birth. She wasn’t from around here, not even from this country. She was here for her husband, for his education and their better life.
May 25, 2019
To keep his word, to remember what he said, is to love him. It’s also to abide in him and in the Father. It’s the promise he made the night of his betrayal, just before his death. Love, if only we would keep his words.
May 26, 2019
The guardians of Plato’s just city had to be brave.
