Ordinary Time is just around the corner. Let’s consider it a mandate to acknowledge and reflect on World Communications Day this year (1).

Whichever of the second readings you hear today, what they say is remarkably similar.

"God mounts his throne to shouts of joy.” This image from Psalm 47 makes concrete what must in reality be a less tangible idea: that God takes a seat in eternity which affords a gracious and protective view of all creation.

Recently I attended a political rally. I am not the rally-going type, but I decided I needed to take a stand.

One of the most important things Christ had done, Saint Paul wrote in the second chapter of his Letter to the Colossians, was to forgive sins.

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

Ascensions into heaven are like falling leaves, sad and happy all at the same time. Going away isn’t really sad, especially when your going enables a new kind of presence to be born.