What is the Trinity?
Here’s my latest feature in BustedHalo’s Googling God section on The Trinity. I offer some of the church’s traditional teachings on the trinity and then these more “modern” way of…
Confession Compilations
Dr. Christine Whelan offers some thoughts on a priest who compiled the sins that people confessed and noticed a difference between what men and women confess. Turns out that women…
40 day giveaway: Checking in
There’s apparently never a homeless person when you need one! I wonder who the recipient of the Lime green I luv NY shirt will be?
My Pastor is Blogging
So my new adopted parish of St. Sebastian’s in Woodside now has a blogging pastor. Msgr. Michael Hardiman is a great preacher and has great thoughts. He told me it…
Losing Your Religion
That’s what today’s NY Times says is happening to many people in the United States. Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in…
Living Ignatian: God in the Crossroads (Part 2)
How I got to do what I do in ministry with the help of my good friend and food critic, Arthur Schwartz. Only in New York could a Jewish man…
And for what else shall we pray?
Prayers today are needed for: 1) The family of my college friend Eloy Luis Bello who died in his sleep in Ottowa after suffering a stroke.2) Sr. Eileen McCann from…
Today’s Inspiration: U2 plays Beautiful Day at Fordham
As Father McShane, Fordham’s President says: Is U2 playing at Columbia? Is U2 playing at Georgetown? Is U2 playing at Notre Dame? Nope. And “Beautiful Day” is such a great…
Lenten Blogging, Fetching and Praying–Oh my!
Sorry for the lack of blogging lately: I was in Chicago and haven’t quite caught up with many matters. Should be back on track now. Lenten blogging should be an…
Daily Inspiration: The Fray: You Found Me
A bit of a cheeseball song perhaps…but a song about trying to believe in God and then struggling to do so. When I’m lost do I let God find me?…