Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 6/22/25

“Love is like five loaves and two fish, always too little until you start giving it away.” This is the message inscribed at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, a Roman Catholic church located at Tabgha on the northwest shore of the Sea...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 6/15/25

“The Spirit of truth … will take from what is mine and declare it to you.” Jesus says in today’s Gospel that the Spirit declares something to us. Sharing in the blessed life of the Holy Trinity, we have the opportunity for an intimate relationship of the truth...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 6/8/25

And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were…And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Several years ago, I was doing some shopping at the Roosevelt Field Mall on a Saturday...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 6/1/25

The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. In the First Reading for this 7th and final Sunday of Easter, Stephen, a deacon of the early church, is filled with the Holy Spirit and sees Jesus in heaven as he is stoned to death. He asks...

Fr. Gerard’s Weekly Column: 5/25/25

Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them, he parted from them and was taken to heaven. This week we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Not only is it a Holy Day of Obligation, but it is also an essential aspect of...