Blog - January 2017 RSS Feed

I’m at the the Telecare studios in the Diocese of Rockville Centre with Monsignor Jim Vlaun for the installation of Bishop John Barres. Today we reflect on the March for Life, the Presidential Inauguration, and the recent executive order concerning immigrants and refugees.

Here is my Homily from January 29th, 2017.

Let us pray: We praise you, God and Father of us all, Sovereign of all life, for assembling us to proclaim the dignity of each human person, and the sacredness of human life. Thank you, heavenly Father, for the gift of a nation where life itself is considered an inalienable right, where the dignity of each human person a self evident truth.

Pro-Life Mass  January 26, 2017 National Shrine “We have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary . . .” consoling words we heard in this evening’s reading from the Bible . . . . . . and here we gather in this splendid shrine of the Mother of Jesus, whom He gave to us as our mother, too, from His cross before He died.

Father Dave is on a retreat, so I’m by myself for the podcast! Today I reflect on the Presidential Inauguration and the upcoming March for Life. Thanks for listening!

Last Sunday I had the privilege of welcoming to my home, and then to Mass, the state leadership of one of the most celebrated Catholic organizations around, the Knights of Columbus. You have certainly heard of them, and share in my high admiration for them.

Here is my Homily from January 22nd, 2017.

Quite a week: Yesterday, we celebrated the birth of the Reverend Martin Luther King , always an alarm clock for the nation to examine our consciences on the two goals that he preached – – the dignity and equality of each human person, and the sacredness of all human life – – and renew our sense of urgency for the works of justice that flow from those two Biblical and American virtues, especially regarding racial harmony and a national priority for the poor.

Here is my Homily from January 15th, 2017.

On “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan,” Father Dave Dwyer and I discuss the passing of icon of mercy Detective Steven McDonald, two American saints, and the Presidential Inauguration.

Here is my Homily from the Feast of the Epiphany, January 8th, 2017.

With Sunday’s feast of the Epiphany , the Christmas season is over. I spent a chunk of our snowy weekend going through my Christmas cards. Why this has not dawned on me before, I don’t know . . . but, about 90% of those cards were about babies and kids!

This opening week of 2017 presents two feast days of saints who are a very radiant part of our New York Catholic family history. Wednesday, January 4, is the feast of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton . A member of the prominent Bayley family, young Elizabeth, born in 1774 here in the city, was known for her beauty, elegance, and deep Episcopalian faith.

Here is my Homily from the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on January 1st, 2017. Thanks for listening!