Pro Patria: A homily 50 days before the election
(The following is reprinted from the Sept. 18 post of Msgr. Moroney's blog, sjsrector.blogspot.com) Despite the fact that it was illegal for a Catholic to vote, hold office or practice his religion in ...
Scared to death
Is there anything we dread more than the horror of death? Only thirteen films have won more than seven Oscars, and the top three, Ben Hur, Titanic, and Lord of the Rings, were all about life and death. As ...
Patrick and the passion
It's appropriate that we celebrate Laetare Sunday just a few days before Saint Patrick's day, for this day of joy in the midst of penance is a good time to recall the role of the passion and cross of ...
The Passion, the Cross and the Stations
One of the most widespread devotions of Lent is the Stations of the Cross. From the time I was a young altar boy I have been walking the stations, kneeling and standing and singing the Stabat Mater while ...
Fasting in imitation of the cross
Fasting is very hard for the world to understand. In a culture which grabs for all the gusto it can get, where folks frequently use those further down the economic ladder as a stepping stone and where, ...
Hushing the storm to silence
Well, we've certainly had enough snow. There are higher snow banks outside St. John's Seminary than on any Ash Wednesday in recorded history, with promises of at least a few more storms before we sing ...
