by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Feb 17, 2021
What are you doing a week from tomorrow?
If you’re like most of us, you’re doing the same thing tomorrow and next week and the week after that. No-one is heading to Hawaii, there are no birthday parties on our calendars, and nobody’s asked you over for dinner.
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by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Feb 14, 2021
Mrs. McMurtry from Christ the Redeemer and Mrs. Antonucci from St. Anthony’s Parish were bragging to each other about their pastors.
“My pastor can speak Italian,” Mrs. McMurtry boasted to Mrs. Antonucci, “but yours only speaks English.”
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by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Jan 31, 2021
When someone says to me “you’ve just got to watch” a certain religious documentary or a movie or a TV show, my heart sinks.
I know the recommendation is probably a good one. But I only watch TV one night a week, on my day off, and I want to relax with old sitcoms or new political thrillers or the latest episode of The Crown.
Last week, Father Richard Conlin became the umpteenth person to praise The Chosen, the new TV show about the life of Jesus. I brushed him off with the explanation I’ve just shared with you. It didn’t slow him down: he just kept on praising the program to the skies.
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