Some of you know that I’m a tennis player. I haven’t set any records, but one match a few years ago might be close! I was playing doubles, and at one point in a game in which I was serving I reached twenty seven deuces; yes, 27 in one game! (For our non-tennis friends, a […]

Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain, and gathering them around him, he taught them saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, Blessed are the meek, Blessed are those who mourn, Blessed are the merciful, Blessed are those that thirst for justice, Blessed are those who are […]

This coming Thursday, forty days after Easter, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord. So what happened to Jesus’ body? Well, I wasn’t there, but I do know that some people are still too busy staring up into the sky, when all we have to do is look around us. If we can’t […]

Two little boys, ages eight and ten, were always getting into trouble. Their parents were at wits end until they heard about a famous preacher who had saved many souls was visiting their town. The mother asked if the preacher would meet privately with her boys, and he agreed. The mother sent the eight year […]