Through the Covenant Lens

Through the Covenant Lens

Most of us own a family album. It might be an old one with curled black-and-white photos of grandparents and cousins in stiff Sunday clothes. Or it might be a digital folder on the computer, filled with holiday snaps, selfies, and school plays. Either way, when we...
The Mystery of Weekday Mass

The Mystery of Weekday Mass

The church at quarter to ten on a Thursday morning: six people scattered across forty pews, footsteps tapping on parquet, autumn light slanting through stained glass onto empty kneelers. Here, in this sparse gathering, the same Christ present at Sunday’s busy...
The Ocean of Mercy

The Ocean of Mercy

The confessional often sits empty most days. When I go into church each day, I see it there – this amazing fountain of mercy that could transform our parish, that could revitalize our spiritual lives, too seldom used. I should add: in recent months, I’ve...