It’s no easy task to read out loud, much less make an interesting homily out of, the genealogy of Jesus. Yet Father Randy Gonzales managed to do both at today’s pre-dawn
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Simbang Gabi Day 1: Emptying Ourselves
“God can’t fill what is already full,” Father Jack O’Hara reminded us this morning at the first of nine 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Masses at my parish. That’s Father Jack for you. A soft-spoken priest who was our vicar for many years until a
An Open Letter to God
Dear God, Sometimes, you’re really frustrating. I want to write Christian fiction. You know that. And you even provided some positive
Standing Firm
I was on team for a Catholic women’s retreat last weekend, and it was a marvelous experience. I’m still mulling over… as are many of the rest of us who were there… a fellow