Feasts
The Strife Is O’Er
Maybe it’s a guy thing, but if someone makes a boast about something, guys just have to challenge them. If someone says, “Oh, I can
Fr. Joseph Gill
April 14, AD 2026
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Scripture
Spiritual Maturity
It struck me the other day that these First Readings during Lent all have a common theme: they tell the story of Salvation History through
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 9, AD 2026
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Columnists
Ash Wednesday
In Jesus’ day, the word “hypocrites” didn’t really have any bad connotations. Actually, it just meant an actor in a play. Hypocrite literally means “one
Fr. Joseph Gill
February 18, AD 2026
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Columnists
The Call to Discipleship
Are you a disciple? I would guess that in this church today, not everyone is a disciple. Some are here because they are forced to
Fr. Joseph Gill
January 22, AD 2026
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Dating
Chastity: What It Is, Why We Need It, How to Obtain It
I have a relative who is an avowed atheist, which makes for very interesting conversations when I go home for the holidays. Last year we
Fr. Joseph Gill
January 21, AD 2026
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Life
Just Passing Through
Cardinal Dolan tells a great story about when he was in graduate school in Washington, DC and would frequently make the 800-mile drive back and
Fr. Joseph Gill
January 16, AD 2026
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Feasts
The Mission Ad Gentes
In the early 1900s, a group of French missionary priests called the White Fathers (so-called because of their white habits) began mission work in French
Fr. Joseph Gill
January 2, AD 2026
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Columnists
Advent Hope
It took a long time to build St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. A really, really long time. The construction began in 1506 and finished in
Fr. Joseph Gill
December 3, AD 2025
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Columnists
The Beauty and Danger of Indulgences
A number of parishioners mentioned this month that they were seeking indulgences for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Some might ask: Indulgences? Are they still
Fr. Joseph Gill
November 30, AD 2025
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Columnists
The Only One to Change Is Ourselves
When I was at St. Mary’s in Stamford, which is a mostly-Hispanic parish, there used to be a running joke among the priests that all
Fr. Joseph Gill
November 25, AD 2025
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Columnists
Not Cool to be the King
If Jesus Christ is King of the Universe, why is the world so messed up? Why is it that, despite our best efforts, it seems
Fr. Joseph Gill
November 20, AD 2025
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Columnists
Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?
Today let’s take up a thorny question that I am often asked – can people in Purgatory communicate with us? In other words, are ghosts
Fr. Joseph Gill
November 19, AD 2025
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Columnists
For All the Saints
This is a day in which we remember the thousands of canonized saints who made it – men and women, boys and girls just like
Fr. Joseph Gill
November 1, AD 2025
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Scripture
Suffering Before Glory
It’s a well-known fact that in order to accomplish anything good, there will be sacrifices involved. To win at sports takes the discipline of exercise.
Fr. Joseph Gill
October 17, AD 2025
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Scripture
My Jesus Mercy
So here is your Jeopardy question of the day: what famous American has on his tombstone the epitaph “My Jesus Mercy”? Answer: Al Capone. One
Fr. Joseph Gill
October 5, AD 2025
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Columnists
You’re in the Bible!
Did you know that you’re in the Bible? Yes, you! Despite the fact that it was written two thousand years ago, YOU might have made
Fr. Joseph Gill
September 30, AD 2025
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Bioethics
Human Nature
Recently in an interview Cardinal Sarah said, “The West refuses to receive, and will accept only what it constructs for itself. Because it is a
Fr. Joseph Gill
August 22, AD 2025
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Scripture
Traditions & Superstitions
We are blessed, as Catholics, to have rich traditions in our Catholic culture. Things like fish fries on Fridays in Lent, devotions to this saint
Fr. Joseph Gill
August 12, AD 2025
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Scripture
The Highest Good
Over the centuries, God has given certain spiritual gifts to saints that we might find unpleasant. For example, many saints have had the stigmata, which
Fr. Joseph Gill
August 1, AD 2025
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Columnists
Environmental Influences
St. Padre Pio said, “The devil is like a mad dog tied by a chain. Beyond the length of the chain, he cannot catch hold
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 27, AD 2025
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Columnists
Forgive God?
A priest friend recently went on retreat where he concelebrated a Mass with another priest. This other priest began the liturgy by saying, “Before we
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 23, AD 2025
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