Dominion
What does "dominion" mean? In Genesis, during the Creation, God creates humanity in God's Own image and commands human beings to be fruitful, multiply, fill and subdue the earth and have dominion ...
'For unto us a child is born'
This past Saturday evening, I had the blessing of joining the parish of Holy Name in West Roxbury for an evening of prayer in song. A remarkable choir gathered to sing the first part of Handel's "Messiah," ...
Pieta
As you enter St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, there is a special chapel on the right side near the entrance. The chapel houses Michelangelo's Pieta -- an image of Our Lady cradling the body of her ...
Prepare the way of the Lord
On the First Sunday of Advent, in the passage from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus predicts apocalyptic events that will signal His return at the end of time. While the phenomena He describes are frightful, ...
Now thank we all our God . . .
I have always loved Thanksgiving. As a child, I enjoyed being together with extended family and the traditions of the holiday. For my family, that meant morning Mass and then a family football game at ...
Light and shadow
Each year, during the Baltimore gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops celebrate Holy Mass at the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore. This beautiful church, the first Catholic ...
