In today’s Scripture readings, we find two kinds of obstacles to the Church’s mission of evangelization –  those that come from within the Church and those that come from outside the Church.Read More

Today, we are gathered for the installation of your pastor, Father Kenny. Although he has been “on the job” for some time, today’s Mass officially marks the beginning of his ministry as your shepherd.Read More

Earlier today, the world learned of the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first Pontiff born in the United States. The pundits were not betting on someone from the United States. Evidently, the Holy Spirit was.Read More

We are “ambassadors for Christ”, as St. Paul teaches. As followers of Christ, members of the Church, & members of Legatus, we represent, not a country, but rather the Kingdom of God in our midst.Read More

May this great pilgrim of joy and peace and hope safely reach his destination, the joy of the Kingdom of God that he proclaimed so insistently and effectively. Even as we pray for Pope Francis, may he pray for us that we may proclaim with similar conviction the joy of the Gospel in every community...Read More

This, in fact, is the great project of our lives. To die to self and so that even now we can live in that newness of life that Christ’s death and resurrection make possible.Read More

Let us now remind ourselves what it is we are doing on this Good Friday. We are making a journey “from desolate bitterness to sweet hope.”Read More

Our eyes of faith see how Jesus more than fulfilled the promise of Exodus. Our liturgy dramatizes how to live as those as who hope and trust in the Lord.Read More