Everything is new! There is a new law of love, a new heaven and earth that is established in the church, a new depth of communion there, and a new [...]
Dear sisters and brothers, Since I started reviewing the Collects (Opening Prayer) of the Mass I have been struck by how ancient the prayers are. This is ironic when some [...]
Dear Parishioners, Today’s First Reading, from the Book of Wisdom (9:13-18), reflects the pessimism about the human body prevalent in some strains of Hellenistic Judaism. ‘A perishable body presses down [...]