Women play a major role in the Gospel of St. John. Mary the Mother of Jesus is the one who launches Him on His public life at the marriage feast of Cana. Martha will be the one who declares that He is the Christ in a way reserved to Peter in the synoptic Gospels; and [...]
At the transfiguration the divinity of Christ and the holiness of His humanity shine out over the apostles. The cloud that overshadows Him reminds us of the cloud in the Old Testament, which is a symbol of God’s presence. The transfuguration reveals the identity of Christ as second person of the Blessed Trinity, and as [...]
Lent began on Ash Wednesday. As Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert, the Church traditionally fasts during Lent. A form of bodily prayer, fasting and abstinence in union with other Christians reminds us of our total dependence on and love for God. Please remember that Wednesdays and Fridays are days of abstinence from [...]
Today we celebrate the Institution of the Polish National Catholic Church. “This year marks the 114th Anniversary of the organizing of the PNCC in Scranton, PA by a group of Polish immigrants under the leadership of Father Francis Hodur in March 1897. […] When the PNCC was organized, Bishop Hodur did not want to establish [...]
Today we have heard the final words of the Sermon on the Mount, the sermon that is Jesus’ manifesto, His picture of what real Christian living means. It ends with a plea that is also a warning against hypocrisy: He urges us to put our faith into practice. Jesus illustrates the point with a parable, [...]
