Years ago, my wife had the opportunity to interview Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary for President Reagan. Brady's work for the 40th president came to abrupt end March 30, 1981, when Brady was ...

Jesus has taught about the Eucharist in the Sunday Gospels of roughly the last month. From his “sign” of multiplying the loaves and fishes through his Eucharistic Discourse taken from John 6, Jesus ...

There is a very poignant moment in Scripture that gets little exegesis, it seems, but it touches the deepest nerve of a people in mourning for the loss of the character of their nation. Like our own.

Sunday, March 29, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A). Mass readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130:1-8; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 And Jesus wept. These three words have the distinction of comprising ...

As humans, we are the most rational of all the world's created beings. Marvelous as they are, frogs, dogs, caterpillars, and donkeys don't have our capacity to reason. Yet, even with all our powers of ...

I’ve been thinking about these words a lot lately. If Jesus is an all-knowing and all-powerful God, then what could possibly cause him to cry? Doesn’t it seem like he could just make himself feel ...