By Father Ted If you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner this week, there is a good chance that you are a little overwhelmed with your final preparations. Is your turkey large enough to feed everyone?

By Father Casey “Why are you trying to ruin angels?” This was the question posed to me last week at the entrance to the Advent Festival. It was a reasonable question, I suppose, as

By Father TedNot all days of the week are created equal, especially when it comes to Christmas. For example, the best day for Christmas is Friday: we have plenty of time after the Fourth Sunday

By Father Casey It being the first week of November, when the mind of the Church is turned toward the communion of saints, I’ve been thinking about my favorite saint, Francis. Even before I

By Father Casey It is not always clear what we are supposed to do. The last seven weeks I participated in one of our Sunday-morning adult formation classes, which delved into some of the

By Father Casey It is difficult to watch the news from the Land of the Holy One. Even as we continue to grieve the murder and mayhem perpetrated by Hamas upon Israelis two weeks