I hadn’t seen him in few months. Jerusalem, though, was abuzz with news about Jesus. Caiaphas, the high priest and the other religious...

Fr. Satish Joseph Super Bowl LVI is over, leaving some ecstatic and others crushed. Soon it will be time for March Madness – a thrilling...

I have never thought of myself as a hero... anyone's hero. I am keenly and painfully aware that I am an idealist. I have very high...

It was the summer of 1914. The Central Powers and the Allies had gone to war – the war we now know as the I World War. Both sides had...

It is intriguing for many people that each Advent (on which we begin a new liturgical year), the scripture readings for Mass almost...

A question has always plagued my mind. If the incarnation of Jesus, his life, his death and resurrection was indeed meant to be the...

When I prepared my Holy Thursday homily last year, the pandemic was raging. Public liturgies were suspended, everybody participated...

We have been through a lot in the last one year. As the human race, as a global community, as the people of God, we have been ground in...

Dad had always wished to be buried in his ancestral grave. His grandparents and his parents are buried there. At his passing away in...

This has been a tumultuous week in America. January 6, 2021 will remain etched in the annals of American history as a day of shame and...

Dear God, origin of life and creator of families, when the appointed time came, You chose to send Jesus into a family, and made the home...

I begin my Christmas 2020 reflection with the first four verses of the poem, Esperanza, by Alexis Valdés, a Cuban-American poet based in...

This is the first Advent we are observing during a pandemic and this will be the first pandemic Christmas for us. What if I said to you...

This is a Thanksgiving like no other. A national holiday that we otherwise celebrate with abandon is being observed with utmost caution,...

The Christian story began amidst great turmoil. The passion, suffering, and crucifixion of Jesus, the continuing doubts in spite of the...

On October 3, 2020, Pope Francis released his third encyclical titled, “Fratelli Tutti” or “All Brothers.” This is a signature encyclical...

(A blog inspired by the Parable of the Tenants on the 27th Sunday) I have written this reflection against the background of the release...

As the coronavirus brings our world to a standstill, and as it continues to wreak global havoc, are you wondering where God is in the...

Perhaps you will admit it as much as I will do – it is hard to fake it. It is Easter, but it just doesn’t feel like it. Whether it is...

We are in the midst of a global challenge unlike any other in recent times. COVID-19, more popularly known as coronavirus, has shut down...