Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthew. He was an apostle and Evangelist and was martyred in the 1st century A.D. He is the patron saint of Accountants; Salerno, Italy; bankers and tax collectors. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

When Pope Francis visited South Korea in the year 2014, he beatified Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 other martyrs, adding their names to the list of the other Korean martyrs which the Church honors today. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In today’s gospel at Mass we read from the ninth Chapter of St. Mark where Jesus is teaching His disciples that the Son of man will be killed, and then three days later rise from the dead. His disciples were afraid to ask any questions about this. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

St. Thomas of Villanova joined the Augustinians in the year 1516 when he was 28 years old. In time he was named the Archbishop of Valencia in Spain and was greeted with cheers because he was the first bishop in 117 years to actually show up in the city. Podcast: Play in new window | […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine. He was an Italian Cardinal and theologian, and a great part of the Catholic Church’s counter-reformation in the 17th century. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of two martyrs; St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian. St. Cornelius was elected pope in 251 and was sent into exile a year later and died from his mistreatment. St. Cyprian became bishop of Carthage in Africa in 249. He was beheaded in 258. Podcast: Play in new window | […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. After celebrating a feast in honor of the Cross of Jesus yesterday, today we honor the memory of the one who shared most inanimately in the sufferings of that cross. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of The Exultation of the Holy Cross. It is a feast that goes back to the dedication of the first Church that was built over the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, the Church honors the memory of a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople, the center of the Byzantine Empire in the year 400. It is the feast of St. John Chrysostom. His name in Greek means “golden mouthed.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Who do people today say that Jesus is? A good man and teacher?  A prophet in the line of Jewish prophets? A myth? Who do you say that Jesus is? Why not take some time to think and pray about this today. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

As we honor all of the victims of what we have come to call 9/11, let us pray for our nation and our world. Let’s pray for the conversion that can lead to the recognition of the sanctity of all human life. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tomorrow is the twentieth anniversary of one of the most terrible events in our nation’s history. It is the anniversary of the destruction of The World Trade Center. It is still so vivid in the hearts and minds of the people who lost loved ones in the tragedy. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more