What are you? You are not a monkey, nor a beetle, nor even a horse. You are a human being and you have a specific gift that no other beings possess. You are created for the love of God and to remain in that love forever. Two men were going to the temple to pray. […]
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost 2020
When you weep what emotion do you express? One may weep for joy at the birth of a new child or one may weep for sorrow over a disappointment. In the approach to Jerusalem Jesus wept for sorrow that the city and the souls in the Jewish nation failed to recognize the moment of their […]
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost 2020
Do you have a home? Do you have a car? What do you call “yours”? All that we possess can become an obstacle to the reality of who I am. The most difficult parable of our Lord Jesus is this parable of the “Unjust Steward”. This individual had the master’s trust and failed to live […]
Seventh Sunday After Pentecost 2020
By Their Fruit A lamb can never be a wolf for their natures are quite contrary but in the human condition a man’s interior is manifested in his external behavior and his words. We can come to know ourselves through our words, our thoughts and our acts while others can come to know us through […]
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost 2020
Fr. Occhio challenged our philosophy class on the question of perfect justice and can it be achieved in this world? While we exist in this sinful and fallen world there will never be any perfect justice. This fallen earth is infested with the effects of our original sin and so original justice is beyond our […]
