“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” -Plato Reflections on the Readings for Sunday, January 26, 2014By Fr. George Berendt, PIME(See Isaiah 8: 23-9:3; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17; and Mt 4: 12-23) Alaska is one of America’s […]

Reflections on the readings from Fr. George Berendt, PIME2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6; 1 Cor. 1: 1-3; John 1: 29-34) This year at the Vatican Pope Francis will declare Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II saints along with several other men and women. A saint, as I […]

Reflections on the readings for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7; Acts 10: 34-38 and Matthew 3: 13-17)By Fr. George Berendt, PIME The question to be answered by each and every one of us is: “When?” When did you know that joining the military and making it your career […]

By Fr. Dino Vanin, PIME It did not take Pope Francis long to let people know that he would stir things up more than a little for the Vatican and for the whole Catholic Church. His first down-to-earth “Buona sera” (“good evening”) wished from the St. Peter Basilica’s balcony to the people of Rome and […]

A reflection on the feast of Epiphany by Fr. George Berendt, PIME. Sunday’s readings: Isaiah 60: 1-6; Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2: 1-12 The New Testament has four Gospels. The Gospel of Matthew contains 28 chapters. Chapter One of his Gospel is a long narrative of the ancestry of Jesus and the events surrounding […]