There was a famous American author John Steinbeck who wrote many famous novels, “The Grapes of Wrath”; “Of Mice and Men”, etc. He wrote a beautiful story called the Pearl. […]

There’s a beautiful story told about a lovely couple who lived in Milan about 400 years ago, Lucia and Lorenzo. They were simple people and they wanted to get married, […]

Our gospel this weekend is St. Matthews’s version of the parable of the sower. Jesus goes down to the lake of Galilee and attracts a large number of listeners. This […]

Humility and simplicity are two virtues that often go together. The best model, compendium of these virtues is little children. That’s why Jesus likes so much little children. We all […]

Tom Brown’s School Days was a famous British novel written by Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown was a popular boy who attended a boarding school in England. He lived with about […]

There is the story of the little girl who was trapped in an upstairs room of her suburban home when her house caught fire. Her father was below in the […]

Shortly after my ordination to the priesthood, almost 40 years ago, I was on a visit to the Discalced Carmelites in Avila, one of the cloistered nuns asked me: ‘Father […]

Saint Augustine, one of the greatest intellectual saints spent many years trying to understand the mystery of God. One day he was walking along the beach he saw a little […]

Some people are extremely shy. They find it very difficult in social occasions and almost die at the prospect of having to read in public or speak in public. They […]

We’ve come to the wonderful feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, which celebrates the journey of the Risen Christ into Heaven. Every time we pray the Nicene Creed, we […]