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For the Jews, divorce was relatively easy. Among the Jews, it was only the husband who could file for divorce. The wife had no right to initiate a divorce against her husband. There were also no squabbles about the division…

The Gospel speaks of two things. The first is about miracles and the second is about repentance. If you follow the Gospel, each miracle that is performed is actually an invitation to repentance. Each time you see a miracle, that…

In the Gospel, the Lord is telling us to leave our family in order to follow Him. The requirement seems very clear and very simple: leave family. We are not being asked to live as celibates; we are not being…

My answers to those questions involve three “C’s”. The first “C” is competence. Every priest must be a man of competence. Competence does not necessarily mean being good at handling finances, nor is it merely connected to one’s facility in…