Columnists
Asking for Snakes
Back in June, Pope Francis started a most unlikely boy on the path to sainthood. His name was Darwin Ramos, and he was a street
Fr. Joseph Gill
August 12, AD 2024
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Scripture
Fed by the Lord
Those of you who are parents know the great disaster you must endure when your children are three or four years old…and they try to
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 25, AD 2024
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Scripture
Sons & Daughters of the Heavenly Father
Growing up, my life revolved around baseball – I played it in high school and college, and passionately followed the sport. In contrast, my dad’s
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 19, AD 2024
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Scripture
The Precious Blood of Jesus
When someone donates blood to the Red Cross, they can save up to three lives. But I know someone whose Blood saved a hundred billion
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 18, AD 2024
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Scripture
His Power in Weakness
Everything seemed to go wrong for poor Joseph. Born into poverty – actually in a cowshed, as the family house was in foreclosure – in
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 5, AD 2024
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Family
Trinity Sunday: In the Name of the Father
We all know a great deal about the Son of God, Jesus Christ, and last week we heard all about the Third Person of the
Fr. Joseph Gill
June 4, AD 2024
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Columnists
Mother Mary at the Resurrection
According to tradition, the first person to see the Risen Christ was not Mary Magdalene. Tradition has it that Jesus appeared first to His mother,
Fr. Joseph Gill
April 15, AD 2024
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Columnists
My Sins Did This
In the Old Testament, sins were forgiven through sacrifice. That sounds rather basic, but consider what a sacrifice means. It means that the sinner must
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 27, AD 2024
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Religion
The Nobility of Sacrifice
Newly-ordained Fr. Al Schwartz stepped off the train in Seoul, South Korea, into a zombie apocalypse. It was 1957, and the devastation wreaked by the
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 22, AD 2024
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Religion
Cardinal Virtues
One time I was teaching a group of eighth-graders about sin. One boy raised his hand and said, “I really don’t want to sin. Would
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 18, AD 2024
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Religion
The Joy Is Worth the Cost
Some people are atheists because they don’t believe in God. Other people are atheists because they don’t want to believe in God. If someone has
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 15, AD 2024
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Family
The Powers of Hell Will Not Prevail
I know a priest from Savannah, Georgia, who told me that one day, two ladies showed up at his parish, asking him to come bless
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 30, AD 2023
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Politics
God Who Embraces All Nations
When I was a teen, I used to go on week-long retreats with my family to an amazing place that has a seriously embarrassing name:
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 1, AD 2023
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Mary
Jesus Speaks through His Church
In the fourth century, a priest named Nestorius was wrestling with a thorny question: can we really call Mary the “Mother of God”? How can
Fr. Joseph Gill
May 22, AD 2022
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Columnists
Faith in Him
“My faith is very important to me.” How many times have we heard that said? I hear it dozens of times…and it usually means something
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 21, AD 2022
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Scripture
Of Things Unseen
Our first reading is such a great scene from the life of Abraham, but we often picture it wrongly. God promises him that he will
Fr. Joseph Gill
March 13, AD 2022
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Married Life
Marriage: A Match Made In Heaven
Many years ago when I was teaching a group of middle schoolers about the Sacrament of Matrimony, I invited a couple who had been married
Fr. Joseph Gill
December 1, AD 2021
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Scripture
Get Your Attention
It’s amazing how sometimes we are blessed with an insight into the Heart of God. I had such an experience this past summer. I was
Fr. Joseph Gill
October 24, AD 2021
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Scripture
Seeking Guidance, Finding Jesus in the Church
A few years back, I was leading a group of boys through their Boy Scout Catholic Award. After the first session, one of the boys
Fr. Joseph Gill
October 10, AD 2021
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Scripture
Humility
The great American Catholic laywoman of the twentieth century, Dorothy Day, was well-known for her love for the poor. She opened up her home to
Fr. Joseph Gill
September 19, AD 2021
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Sacraments
Why Be Catholic
There are about seventy million Catholics in the United States, making it the single largest denomination in the country. But of those seventy million Catholics,
Fr. Joseph Gill
September 9, AD 2021
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