My Novena Reflection
The 10th Annual Novena to St. Joseph, to pray for the seriously and terminally ill and to stop assisted suicide, is under way at Christ the King parish, Worcester for…
Category: People of the Word
Novena Reflection Text and Recording
I was honored by Msgr. Tom Sullivan to be invited to give a reflection for the September 30, 2019 Novena to St. Joseph. The passage I chose to base my…
Churches, Worship, and People in Crisis
Sometimes all people need is someone to listen to them. In our small, independent medical practice we have 30 minute appointments and often run behind because our patients need the…
St. Maximilian Kolbe and Euthanasia
During morning Mass on August 14th, the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, I listened to the priest recount the story of his death at Auschwitz. I knew the story…
Saint Edith Stein, Christmas, and Redemptive Suffering
This excerpt is from The Mystery of Christmas, a lecture she gave to a group of academics. This is even more powerful when one considers her eventual martyrdom in an…
Nature and dignity 