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Today on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan , Father Dave Dwyer and I talk about the Christmas Midnight Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and the triumph of light over darkness. We are joined by the Viking Voices of Saint Joseph-by-the-Sea High School in Staten Island, under the direction of Bruce Turner, accompanied by Matthew Hosmer, for a performance of “Adeste Fideles.” Click here to download the booklet for the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Midnight Mass, which will be available live on the Catholic Channel .

As is my annual tradition, I celebrated Mass yesterday for the inmates at Taconic Correctional Facility in anticipation of Christmas. After the Mass was concluded, I blessed a plaque in honor of Sister Antonia Maguire, a Franciscan Sister, who ministered to the inmates at the facility for about five decades.

Father Andrew Apostoli embodied Franciscan spirituality, and was as dedicated a priest as any I have ever known. That sentiment was shared by my predecessors who loved him as well. Although he was known world-wide, we in New York felt a special closeness to him, and to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal which he helped found with Father Benedict Groeschel.

Our Jewish neighbors began Hanukkah last night . . . A blessed one to all! We Catholics and Jews have a lot in common, and the meaning of the two grand feasts of Christmas and Hanukkah is one of them.

Here is my homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2017. Thanks for listening!

Come, Lord Jesus, come! Today on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan , Monsignor Jim Vlaun and I talk about the longing of the Advent season as we await the arrival of Christ.

Here is my homily for the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2017. Thanks for listening!