In James Joyce’s autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist asa Young Man, young Stephen Dedalus decides that in order to succeed as an...

In James Joyce’s autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist asa Young Man, young Stephen Dedalus decides that in order to succeed as an...
Merry Christmas, children! Yes, this is a Christmas podcast for children, so today I’m talking to you. The grown-ups can listen if they want...
Advent begins very distinctively. All our attention is focused on the lighting of a single candle, in a wreath of pine branches, in the stillness of...
This, the Third Sunday of Advent, is Gaudete Sunday. “Gaudete” means, “rejoice.” Gaudete Sunday dates back to the time when...
Life can be pretty scary sometimes. In the course of an ordinary human life, a person sees some frightening things. But I’d like to suggest...
C. S. Lewis once remarked that it was no accident that parents and teachers so often say they can tolerate any failing in children, except lying,...
“You can't serve two masters. If you try, you’ll end up loving one and hating the other.” When Jesus' first listeners heard these...
It seems to me that the question for us today is what do the talents, the silver pieces in our Gospel, represent? What is it that God has given to...
Our first reading today is about our search for Wisdom, or, perhaps, about Wisdom’s search for us. On the one hand, Wisdom is readily found by...