This morning, my fourth grade religion class was looking at how to learn from the parables of Jesus. The same lesson applies to how to get s...

Today is the commemoration of blessed John Keble (d 1866), a faithful parish priest of the Church of England who launched the Catholic reviv...

Today is the feast of Bishop Charles Henry Brent (1929). The central focus of his life and extensive ministry was the cause of Christian uni...

"Why is he wearing pink" —so began an otherwise forgettable sermon by a fellow student at Nashotah House in my preaching class. Th...

Today commemorates the Incarnation, beginning the liturgical route leading us once again to the commemoration of the Nativity. It is the con...

Perhaps you have seen this story in the news (from the Associated Press): Senior Muslim clerics demanded Thursday that an Afghan man on tria...

The Rev'd James DeKoven, DD, Sometime Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Nashotah House Theological Seminary At the 1874 General Cov...

Surprise! I have completed the publication of my first book, Moments of Grace: a selection of homilies for the Church year . It is now avai...

I have recently enjoyed listening to the Cardinal Arinze Podcast , produced by the Apostolate for Family Consecration . It is worth checkin...

Being at the deacon ordinations at our Cathedral recently made me think back to something I had talked about with some classmates after bei...

You may notice that the collect for the feast of St Joseph seems a little uncomfortable using the word “father” directly. Joseph is called “...

"Beats all you ever saw / been in trouble with the law / since they day they was born." I can only imagine being the cop who pulle...

(Left to right) Bishop William Wantland, Deacon Jon Jenkins, Bishop Jack Iker, Deacon John Jordan, Father Charles Henery Congratulations to ...

Who isn't a little bit Irish on St Paddy's day? My own surname is supposed to be Scotch-Irish ( i.e ., kicked out of both countries...

Today marks my anniversary of being ordained a deacon back in 2002 at Our Lady of the Lake Episcopal Church in Laguna Park, TX. Since that...

This ain't no case of "I thought she was 18." Here's the story from Wendy Koch of USA Today: Children, including a baby, w...

On page 72 of his book Spiritual Theology , Diogenes Allen, gives an insightful explanation of desert father Evagrius' ideas on two of e...

The Jewish community is celebrating the festival of Purim , also called "Lots." The feast commemorates the deliverance of the Jew...

A painting of St Paul the Apostle by El Greco If I'm not mistaken, one of today's daily office readings records the first excommunic...

When the celebrant at Mass (a priest or bishop) offers prayer on behalf of the assembly, it is the custom that he raises his hands in the or...