Pentecost Sunday: The Spirit of Truth
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will...
Catechism in Stone
To produce a “catechism in stone”—that’s how one of North America’s leading architects describes the work of building and city planning. I recently had...
6th Sunday of Easter: We become His friends
You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer because the servant does not...
Teens and modesty
We all know the story The Emperor's New Clothes. He believed he was wearing the finest clothing in the kingdom. He was at the...
Managing Mammon
You can’t run the Church on Hail Marys. - Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, former head of the Vatican Bank
A new book about the history of the...
Jean Vanier and the Way of the Heart
In Toronto, the disparity between rich and poor is graphically evident. There are the haves and the have-nots. Those who ride in limousines, dine at...
A large family is God’s blessing
By today's standards, a family with three children is considered to be a large family. A century ago, my great grandmother had 24 children:...
4th. Sunday of Easter: Vicariousness
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11).
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and as we...
‘Marking the transition’
Being from the prairies, one of the habits my mother instilled in me as a boy was to take off my shoes whenever I...
5th Sunday of Lent: Passiontide
‘And I when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ Jesus said this to indicate the kind of...