Author: Fr. Ron Victor

I come from a loud and boisterous family. Whether on Christmas Eve, with gatherings where the laughter and joyous noise grew so loud that the windows

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will” (Luke 2:14). This quote from St. Luke’s Gospel reminds us

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion” (Amos 6:1a). In the beginning of the first reading this weekend, we

Partly because my mother was the oldest of ten, and partly because our home had a basement sizable enough for large gatherings, my parents often

In the second reading this Sunday, St. John invites us to gaze upon this beautiful image: “I, John, had a vision of a great multitude, which no

Pope Francis has declared 2025 as the “Jubilee Year of Hope.” Hope is at the heart of who we are as a Christian people, and

Let’s admit it: We all have people in our lives whom we do not like, and there are people who don’t like us. “Liking” is an