“Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.” The psalmist today calls us to shout for joy and gladness because of the Lord’s kindness to us. Our Blessed Mother was given to the church as a model of this joy and...
“Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” Throughout the year, I, the other priests and the deacons are often asked to bless religious items. Quite a few of these requests come from those who have made purchases from our neighbors at the...
So that they may all be one… Last weekend my family and I gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the funeral of my Uncle John, my godfather. Uncle John lived for the first 23 years of his life in Brooklyn and Levittown before moving to Las Vegas 61 years ago. Despite the...
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your...
Father Jeffrey Kirby is a priest of the Diocese of Charleston, SC and a friend of mine. I was pleased to hear him as a guest on Conversations with Cardinal Dolan. He was discussing his latest article published on cruxnow.com. I enjoyed his reflections on prayer and am...
