We begin the month of May with affectionate gratitude for St. Joseph the Worker. He provided bread for his wife, the all-beautiful Mary, and his divine Son Jesus, through the work of his hands, but all his work was inspired by love for his Child and the Mother of his Child.   This morning I asked our 65 schoolchildren if anyone was named Joseph, so I could give them a chocolate bar for their namesday. Lamentably, not one student—male or female—had received the name Joseph. One student finally remembered that his great-grandfather was “Joseph,” so he got a chocolate bar. That’s the best we ..read more

For those in the San Francisco Bay Area: Mass of the Ages, Part Three, will show tomorrow night at the Regal Cinema at the Stonestown Center (in San Francisco) at 7pm. Producer Cameron O'Hearn and director Dan Driver are flying out for the event and will host a panel discussion after the movie. Fr. Joseph Fessio, Dr. Scott Hahn, and many others have contributed excellent interviews to this movie. People have been telling me they plan on seeing the movie but have not yet purchased tickets. Dan told me this morning that tickets will not be needed after all. Just come to the theatre. Camer ..read more

​Twenty-Five years ago my bishop gave us priests a deadline: “By March 15, I want your funeral plan on my desk. I’m tired of you guys dying without telling me how you want to be buried!” My friends and I were in our thirties and certainly thought we had better ways to spend our time than planning our own funerals. Nobody wanted to think about our own personal “D-Day.” I procrastinated for a few months but finally bit the bullet and planned my own funeral, including my last will and testament, and threw in some advanced health care directives for good measure. I stuffed it all into a large mani ..read more

Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                                                Day Thirty-Three For the last 32 days our readings in Fr. Gaitle ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more

Each day until Divine Mercy Sunday on April 7th, I will email you one thought from that day’s brief reading from Fr. Michael Gaitley’s fine book, 33 Days to Merciful Love. I render full credit for these thoughts, respecting copyright laws, to Fr. Gaitley. Each reading ends with a prayer, which I ask you to pray with me for this intention: the conversion of our parish.                                                               ..read more