https://youtu.be/xYraE2KPbz4 “During WWII, a battered contingent of captured Allied soldiers were marched through a German village,” tells Father Jerry in today’s homily, “The streets were lined with onlookers, some smiling smugly, others wiping away tears of compassion for the plight of these poor soldiers. The starving prisoners were utterly exhausted; their eyes dark with despair.” […]

https://youtu.be/4Hjo-l4Jak8 Jesus challenges us to follow Him through the narrow gate, the entry that forces us to bend down and squeeze through, with selfless generosity, to let go of all our baggage, to pass through to the hard road that leads to God’s dwelling place. We can be on the right path with three choices: […]

https://youtu.be/oe_MjtCuKrs Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Let’s be honest. We love to criticize. We thrive on watching television pundits slam those who do not share […]

https://youtu.be/v05hSn-V5MI Today’s memorial of The Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrates a woman whose life is filled with challenges and crisis not unlike our own. She is the confused teenager who finds herself in crisis, not of her own making, who with the help of her family, finds her way through it. She is the young […]