As human beings, sometimes we become fascinated on what everyone else thinks – whether that’s opinions on political candidates, the direction of our government, the important social issues of our day, the responses to various situations and circumstances, the decisions of Church leaders. We all just want to know what people think. So often, we…
I think all of us can relate to the young man in this particular passage from Matthew. We all desire to do what is good. We all want to do our best in life so that we can enjoy eternity with God in the life to come. And I’m sure many of us go to…
In 2016, I had the privilege of going to Poland for World Youth Day with a group from Orlando. One of the more emotional experiences that we had came when we visited the concentration camps of Auschwitz. You could really feel the weight of the evil and the darkness that had taken place there. Yet,…
One of the most interesting stories about St. Lawrence, and probably my favorite story about any saint is the legend surrounding his martyrdom. Lawrence was kind of a smart aleck. The story goes that, as one of the seven deacons for the Church in Rome, he was responsible for the material goods of the Church…
This might come as a surprise to many of you – to others maybe not so much – but I am not the most patient person. In fact, I’m not really that patient at all. You can ask my brother priests about that and they will absolutely agree with that statement, especially Fr. Martin. I…
On the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in December 1990, Pope St. John Paul II released his encyclical letter Redemptoris Missio. In it, he wrote about the mission of the Church, the mission of all of us as the people of God, to carry out and bring to completion the mission of…
Over the last few weeks, I know that I have been preaching more and more about the state of the world and how opposed it is currently to the Church and the tenets of our faith. It seems so deaf to the message of the Gospel. And, at times, it might even seem as though…
Cardinal Joseph Zen is the 91-year-old Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong. Over the last several decades now, he has been an outspoken critic of the Chinese government and its treatment of its citizens, specifically calling out issues regarding human rights, political freedom, and religious liberty. He has organized financial support for the underground Church in…
I have to admit, I feel somewhat called out by the Lord in this Gospel this morning. Being judgmental is something that so many of us, myself included, struggle with on occasion. That particular vice is one that can be very challenging to overcome. Why is that? In terms of being judgmental, that sin usually…
Jesus never promised us that being one of his disciples would be easy. In fact, quite the contrary. Throughout the Gospels, we see how Jesus shares with His disciples just how much hardship and suffering they will have to endure simply for following Him and spreading the Good News of salvation. Our Gospel reading for…
Fr. Tom Pringle 