Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 3/10/24

“How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten!” Psalm137, verses 4-5 “Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him!” 2...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 3/3/24

“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” The concluding line of today’s second reading might give us pause. Does Saint Paul claim that God is foolish or possesses weak characteristics? He...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 2/25/24

“I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son, I will bless you abundantly.” For both Christians and Jews, this iconic story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Issac is problematic. Why...
Receiving the Sacraments

Receiving the Sacraments

We recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality, a reality open to all the human senses but grasped in its God-given depths with the eyes of faith. When parents hug their children, for example, the visible reality we see is the hug. The invisible...