It is with great sadness, but also with great anticipation, that I announce that Cardinal McElroy has given me a new parish assignment beginning this summer on July 9 . I have been assigned to be the parochial vicar of...

If we forget our origin, our nature and our destiny, we are bound to despair despite the technological progress in which we live. Our ultimate happiness is found only in God. As Pope Leo XIV is a member of the Augustinian order, he would appreciate the words of the great St. Augustine: “You have formed us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you...

May is the month of Mary, our mother and our queen. It isn’t just a pious devotion that causes us to revere Mary as queen of heaven and earth, but a deeply Biblical truth...

 As we continue to mourn over the death of Pope Francis, we also look forward in hope to the election of the next Vicar of Christ, the next Pope. Beginning on Wednesday, May 7 , the College of Cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to vote for the next Pope. The election of the Pope is not a popularity contest or even a question of who the best candidate is, the election of the Pope is a work of the Holy Spirit...

I would like to invite you to our Divine Mercy holy hour this Sunday from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the church. According to Jesus’ message to St. Faustina, this is one of the most powerful moments of the year, when the mercy of God is poured out measurelessly upon sinful humanity. Know that a powerful Divine Mercy indulgence is available...

He is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! In the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, the author laments, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc. 1:9). Today is the celebration of the new thing which the Old Testament authors could scarcely imagine...

In Holy Week we touch on the core mysteries of our faith: Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection; sin and suffering, the Cross, the piercings of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary; the Eucharist and priesthood, etc...

I’ve been thinking recently about the phrase, “You have nothing to lose.” We hesitate to take risks or advance in a certain direction...

The fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Laetare Sunday, coming from the Latin word for “rejoice.” The entrance antiphon of the Mass is...

One of those old Catholic words that we can dust off in the Lenten season is compunction. Compunction means...

Dear St. Martin’s Parishioners, Congratulations and blessings to our new Shepherd, Archbishop McElroy! Cardinal McElroy was installed...

Happy Lent! We have all heard of the recent health travails of Pope Francis. Being 88 years old, with one lung and double pneumonia is a...

Dare I say it, Lent is upon us. Don’t let Ash Wednesday catch you flat-footed, but already be thinking about the three pillars of prayer...

This Sunday Jesus confronts us with maybe his most challenging commandment: “love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those..

This Sunday’s second reading fits nicely with the Jubilee of Hope that the Church is celebrating this year. St. Paul states emphatically...

I like Maryland winters because, no matter how cold they get, the weather always breaks for a little while in late January or early ...

This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation, when Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple 40 days after his birth...

The priest Ezra exhorts the Jewish people in this Sunday’s first reading, “Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord must be...

While out to dinner this past week, the presence of four priests at a table caught the attention of another diner. He came over and ...

As some of you may have already heard, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, announced on January 6 that he accepted the resignation of Cardinal...