May the Lord give you His peace!  They just keep coming to Church.  More and more people.  Each day of this week, three Costa Rican priests and I have gone to the parish church of Pursical to hear confessions and celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation with the people here.  I usually bring the Bible with me [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  Once again, Christians throughout the world begin this holiest of weeks.  In prayer and ritual, we remember the unfolding mystery of God’s love revealed in Christ’s passion.  Theologian Gerard Sloyan writes, “Passion connotes undergoing something, being gripped by something” (Why Jesus Died, p. 4).  Christ is gripped by [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  While my primary work in the Order is vocation ministry, from time to time I help friars with work in their ministries. For example, for the last two weeks, I have been working in two of our parishes in Central New York (near Syracuse) while the pastor of [...]

May the Lord give you His peace! Last week, I visited LaSalle Institute in Troy, NY to speak on Franciscan life. The school hosted a vocation day so there were several vocation ministers speaking in various classes that same day. The students and faculty were great. The students had some wonderful [...]