At one of the last daily Masses of the school year with our St. Martin’s School students, I shared with them one of my favorite verses in...

I’m excited to announce that newly-ordained Fr. Joe Heisey has been assigned to St. Martin’s. He’ll be joining us in the first week of ...

This Saturday, June 15, sixteen men will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Washington (or already have been ordained, depending ...

This past Friday and Saturday, we celebrated the Feast Days of the Sacred and Immaculate hearts of Jesus and Mary. These two hearts are ...

A few days ago the Vatican confirmed that Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized a saint, which comes as a great joy in light of this ...

As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, we recall that we are created in the image and likeness of Holy Trinity: “So God created man in his own ...

This Sunday the Church celebrates the great solemnity of Pentecost. While the Church is conceived from the blood and water that flowed ...

We’re in the swing of things with sacramental Masses for our youth. After a first Communion Mass last Saturday, one young boy could hardly..

“God is love” affirms St. John in this Sunday’s second reading. These three words have had the most explosive and transformative impact ...

In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus speaks of how we become spiritually fruitful: “Remain in me, as I remain in you.” At Baptism we receive ...

This Sunday is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In a special way we pray for holy vocations to the priesthood, that God would raise...

The talk of the town this past week was the eclipse of 2024. If you missed it, the next one is coming to North America in about 20 years...

The Second Sunday of Easter, also referred to as Divine Mercy Sunday, concludes the Octave of Easter. Nevertheless, we continue to live...

He is risen! He is risen, indeed! On the day of the Resurrection, what do the astonished disciples do? They run like the wind: “So they ...

My message for this Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week is the same as every year: “Participate in your salvation.” St. Augustine...

We can incorrectly suppose that Jesus was unsusceptible to normal human emotions, especially ones we consider negative emotions...

One of the difficult concepts that we have to grapple with in our relationship with God is his anger. We see in this Sunday’s first ...

One of the ladies who works at the local 7-Eleven convenience store happens to be Ethiopian Catholic, which is an ancient rite of the ...

At the conclusion of this Sunday’s gospel of the Transfiguration, Jesus tells his three closest apostles that they should keep what they...

Happy Lent! Lent comes from the old English word for spring. I pray that this holy season might bring about a springlike renewal of hope ...