I never really celebrated Valentine’s Day growing up. It’s probably because I was more focused on the candy than on actually looking for a Valentine! I used to fill my pockets with those little heart-shaped candies with a message on them, hoping that the next one would be exactly what I needed to hear…”Your My…
Three of us friars are temporarily living in an apartment on Essex Street while the new rectory/friary is being built. There is a popular bar/restaurant on the first floor of our building, which is often full of young people. It has struck me as unusual that Sunday nights seem to be especially popular. The contrast…
During these Sundays of Ordinary Time, we have been reading from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. Today we have his magnificent description of love, the highest gift, without which all other gifts or good works are worthless. He tells us what love is and what it is not. For example, it is “not…
Today’s Gospel reading relates a very dramatic moment in the life of Our Lord. One Sabbath, in his hometown synagogue, Jesus is asked to read from Scripture and to comment on it. There was nothing unusual in this, and he read a familiar prophecy of the Messiah from Isaiah 61. But when he had sat…
March for Life
Every human person has a deep need for a sense of self-worth. Where does this come from? Many voices in our world tell us that our value depends on how we look, how much money we make or how popular we are, etc… Our neighborhood in Lawrence has many barber shops and beauty and nail…
The territory of former Corpus Christi Parish is now part of St Mary of the Assumption Parish in Lawrence. But this does not mean that donations to the Holy Rosary Shrine will go to St. Mary’s. The Shrine is independent from any Parish and all donations to Holy Rosary Shrine will go for our particular…
I have seen a bumper sticker that says: “The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is open.” This is a clever thought but a much better analogy would be to say the mind is like a mouth, it only works when it opens to receive truth and closes in order to…
Please pray the Rosary for an important case currently before the Supreme Court, (Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization). Let us ask Our Lady’s intercession that unborn children will once again be protected under the law. Thank you.
A Shrine is a holy place where people go to worship God, to pray, to hear the word of God, and to receive the Sacraments. They are also places of pilgrimage and often of miraculous healing. The law of the Church says: “At Shrines more abundant means of salvation are to be provided the faithful;…