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Paulist Fr. Dave Dwyer appeared on CNN last tonight to discuss President Trump’s comments about Pope Leo XIV. Fr. Dave is our First Consultor and executive director of our @busted-halo.bsky.social media ministry.

Paulist Fr. Dave Dwyer appeared in a segment on MSNow today related to President Trump's social media posts on Sunday night: youtu.be/ds66DqURv3c Fr. Dave is our First Consultor and executive director of our @busted-halo.bsky.social media ministry.

While this is Divine Mercy Sunday, I remember family members also calling it "Low Sunday". The euphoria of Easter Sunday is waning. Some doubt may be starting to creep into our daily lives as we return to personal difficulties. Jesus told Thomas, and tells us, "Peace be with you.” He is with us!

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With sadness, we announce that our brother, Rev. Richard W. Chilson, C.S.P., has entered eternal life. He died on Friday, March 20, in the rectory of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. He was 82 years old and a part of the Paulist community for nearly 60 years: paulist.org/the-conversa...

With sadness, we announce that our brother, Rev. Daniel E. McCotter, C.S.P., died on Monday at a care facility near St. Louis, MO. He was 81 years old. Fr. McCotter served for decades as a parish priest and pastor, including three decades of ministry with the Chinese community in #SanFrancisco:

I was blessed to preside at our 2nd Scrutiny this weekend. The church was full! We prayed with and over 42 elect in our OCIA and OCIC! This is the largest group I've ever encountered. Neighboring parishes report growing numbers too. The Holy Spirit is at work! "Veni Sancte Spiritus" 🙏

In today's gospel the Samaritan woman at the well longed for the healing waters that would quench her thirst forever. She found the living hope within herself as she met Jesus. It had everything to do with who stood before her, treating her with dignity. We must always do the same... 🙏

This Sunday we are invited to go into our own desert, in a figurative way. Can we disconnect from social media to spend just ten minutes every day of Lent in silence, letting God speak to us? Can we stop thinking, just long enough, to listen to God with our heart? To witness his presence to us!

At one time Nicholas was discerning his vocation with our community. Icons he created during those years are cherished and venerated in our community.

Today we again hear the Beatitudes. They are not easy, clear answers in our modern world. Jesus offers criteria that place the Christian in the midst of the world and at the heart of its conflicts, where various allegiances compete with one another violently. May we continue to be peacemakers!

The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul is January 25th. This year the Sunday observance takes precedence. But our community #PaulistFathers will celebrate its patronal feast nonetheless! Society needs an ongoing conversion experience as well. May St. Paul intercede for us all during this time!

John the Baptist gives witness in this Sunday's gospel, reminding us of our baptismal promise to do likewise. How do we measure up? May our witness be found in our stumbling and falling! Finding the courage to try again and testify God is here; constantly at work in our messy, imperfect lives.

We hear of Jesus' baptism today and the nagging question we ask ourselves is "Why?" He is without sin. But Jesus came to make himself one with us, sinners as we are, and walk through the cleansing waters with us, to show that the love of God reaches those in need of mercy. We are his people!

Our observance of Christmas ends this Sunday as we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. For some Christians, it begins today! Our brothers and sisters in the Orthodox tradition observe it as Christmas Day. May it be a joyful time for them, and reminder for us to always proclaim the incarnation!

Today is the anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini. She died in 1917 at Columbus Hospital in Chicago after faithfully serving the immigrant community of the US. As she was also an immigrant, we invoke her as the patron saint of immigrants. May she continue to intercede for us! 🙏

All decorated at St. Gregory the Great! Our outdoor nativity scene reminds us of what we're journeying to!

This Sunday is Gaudete Sunday. In 2012 it was the day of the Sandy Hook School shootings; 26 victims. It has always stayed with me. I watched my parishioners in the following days hugging their own children a little bit closer. Let's pray for those families who lost loved ones in the tragedy. 🙏

We started Advent at St. Gregory the Great with a parish mission and reconciliation service. It was wonderful to have Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP lead it, and Fr. John Hurley, CSP join us as well. Our parish is now helping to "prepare the way of the Lord"! 🙏

My early years of priesthood were spent ministering to those afflicted. I watched so many wither before my eyes. It pained me terribly as they went home to the Lord; ostracized and abandoned. Their funerals were often only myself and the funeral director. Please join me in remembering them. 🙏

He is Christ the King. How will we serve him? He answers in a whisper, “I am the hungry person on line at the food pantry; I am the abused child; I am the convict in a prison cell; I am those living in fear. These are the faces you are to serve. They are mine! Remember them as I remember you!”

Today we hear Jesus admonish those admiring the temple. Understandably, it was the center of their lives; their house of faith, home of their covenant. Truth be told, it is about the temple. But not that one. Rather, it's our heart. That is where the Holy Spirit dwells with love and compassion.

We celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica this Sunday. One of our school students asked me earlier, "What's that?" 🤣 I'm guessing many people in the pews will be thinking that as well. May the Holy Spirit help all presiders and preachers find the right words! 🙏

This day we Commemorate the Faithful Departed. Experiencing the death of a loved one is hard. It is then we ask hard questions about our own lives, and the faith sustaining us. Death is real. So we reflect on the reality of heaven with Jesus' promise that all who believe will have eternal life.

Working on my Sunday homily. Like the tax collector portrayed in the gospel, we find ourselves challenged in this day and age. To be a bit more gentle, to be less judgmental, to be kind and forgiving-knowing that we've been forgiven. We worship a God who touches us with mercy; can we do any less?

In today's gospel, Jesus tell us to pray without becoming weary. A Protestant minister once told me, "You don't know what prayer is until you stand at the door and knock until your knuckles bleed." That image has stayed with me. Have we lost the sense of what it means to beg God for what we want?

"How long, O Lord? I cry for help but you do not listen. I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. The vision still has its time…If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not be late." (Hb 1:2,2:3) Hope in times of despair is more than any mustard seed can alone provide.

Today's Gospel paints a picture of discipleship that’s not exactly painless, or simple or even very safe. It teaches that some of the most serious offenses against God are not sins of commission, but sins of omission; apathy, blindness, absence and neglect. Lazarus is still waiting at our gates...

Yesterday's celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross invites us to stay close to it; the place where human misery and divine mercy meet. The place where God offers us his greatest gift. The place where time continues to be transformed; where hope is restored; where death is destroyed forever.

We remember the lives lost and the courage found by so many on this day in 2001. We also witness the deep scars it has since left on others. May those memories always remind us to be strong in our obligation to build a compassionate world. 😢🙏

We celebrated our first school mass today. Annunciation parish in Minneapolis was in our prayers. The students gave voice to hope; "may God bring comfort, healing and peace as we continue to work for safety and love in our schools and world." May that resonate in all our hearts, always!

Our gospel this Sunday reminds us to look beyond the polarization of society today. Who would you invite to a meal? Who is on the guest list? Might it lead to transformative conversation about racism, LGBTQ+ rights, indigenous rights, vilification of the undocumented and homeless, healthcare?

“Lord, will only a few people be saved?” This question is asked in today's gospel. It’s so hard for us to understand this mystery of salvation, a salvation that is not limited by law, ritual, or our own expectations on who will be saved and who won’t. Salvation is offered to all; no exceptions.

San Diego Diocese assembles volunteers to accompany immigrants in court. www.ncronline.org/news/san-die...

The gospel this Sunday tells us not to build bigger barns. What are we to build? Let's start with longer tables to share what we have. Tables laden with the Lord's goodness. Tables where everybody has a seat.

The gospel for this Sunday reminds us of the importance of prayer. "Your kingdom come" is to ask that we live according to God's will. That is answered through the actions of other people in our lives. We, in turn, need to be mindful that other people's prayers are answered through our actions.

“And who is my neighbor?” the scribe asks Jesus in today's gospel. Jesus is clear that it isn’t only the victim. It is also those who disagree with him, annoy him and irritate him. It is also the Son of God, standing in our common flesh, showing us how to love by becoming neighbor to all.

In today's gospel Jesus sends the 72 out in mission, and we are them as well. Despite our feelings of inadequacy in proclaiming the message, all he asks is we encounter others the way he encountered them; to enter their lives with the single message that God’s Kingdom of Mercy has come to us.

We do understand! Aloha is the language of evangelization. The love, joy and food celebrates our oneness as God's family. I'm so happy to have shared in your celebration. Mahalo! And may your ministry to the people of God always be nurturing and fruitful! Ad multos annos!

Praise be to God this Pentecost! Who rushes like wind into our rooms charged with fear and anxiety! Whose song of peace all people long to hear beyond the echo of bombs and vilification of people! Who empowers us to proclaim the extraordinary news of joyous salvation to our very ordinary world! 🙏

Today, in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia and Omaha, is the Ascension of the Lord. In the rest of our country it is an Easter Weekday. The date needs to be harmonized! We had some confused visitors at mass this morning. I hope the USCCB realizes this.

Today's memorial is St. Isidore, the patron saint of farmers. And in many communities fields are blessed around this time, sometimes known as Rogation Days, in preparation for planting. Please say a prayer for those who grow our food! Farming is hard work; it's done 24/7 and 365.

Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Matthias. It also happens to be my ordination anniversary! I am grateful for the many blessings I have experienced and the people I have accompanied on their faith journeys. May he continue to guide all of us! 🙏

We have been gifted by the Holy Spirit with Pope Leo XIV. He has served the people of God faithfully, and will continue to do so. "Ad multos annos!" 🙏

I must admit to being amused by the "conclave handicapping"; lots of names with varying odds. Let's allow the Holy Spirit to do its job! "Veni Sancte Spiritus!" It knows our true needs... 🙏

Today is sometimes referred to as "Low Sunday". And I'm sure many of us are feeling that way. The Pope's funeral is now making us keenly aware of his departure. Yet the Lord appears, as he did to Thomas, as those whose lives were touched by the Pope's ministry. His presence will always be felt!

RIP Papa Francesco. You will be missed, but your presence will always be felt. 😥🙏

"Christus resurrexit! Sicut dixit, Alleluia!" The cry of the ancient church rings out in this day and age as well. "Christ has risen! He has risen as He said, Alleluia!" A blessed Easter to us all! May the joy of our celebrations always resonate in our hearts and souls!

This #HolySaturday we stand at the tomb and weep. The magnitude of what has happened is incomprehensible. And yet the Lord's promise whispers in our ears. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." (John 2:19)