Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 4/28/24

  Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. It goes without saying that the world we live in generates confusion. One might say that this confusion is self-inflicted, in that we are often inconsistent with what we say and what we do. Other...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 4/21/24

The reason the world does not know us, is that it did not know him.. What do we mean when we say that we “know” someone? On one level we may say we know of someone, when we are referring to a celebrity or a well-known leader. We identify that person...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 4/14/24

“As soon as I lie down, I fall peacefully asleep, for you alone, O LORD, bring security to my dwelling.” Going to sleep at night can be a challenge. While it may be easy to close our eyes, and our body longs for the physical rest, the mind does not willingly...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 4/7/24

“There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, placing the proceeds at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need.” From its very beginning, the community of the Church recognized...