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In this well-known Gospel reading St. Luke describes Zaccheus as a “chief tax collector and also a wealthy man.” (Luke 19:1-10) As he was a short man, he knew he would be unable to see Jesus, who was passing through…

“Now we see through a glass, darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 In c. AD 51, during his second…

In the context of our secularized society, the notion of praying may seem antiquated. Indeed, since the 1960s, our nation has slowly moved away from religious practice and education, which can largely be attributed to our public education system, which…

We are all familiar with the maxim that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. It speaks to the truism that people tend to criticize others for faults they themselves have but fail to see. In contemporary…

Philip E. Mella                Shakespeare’s Sonnet 65 Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless seaBut sad mortality o’er-sways their power,How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,Whose action is no stronger than a flower?O, how shall summer’s honey breath…