Jeers to cheers December 22, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Christmas is a chance again to discover who we are. God came into the world in the form of a baby because God always comes into the world that way.
Everyone’s story December 5, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Christmas reminds us that God, as Christ, has entered our world again in person to let us know that God never abandons us, that evil ultimately will not triumph.
Grateful for faithful examples November 1, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom It’s good to remember the many, many good priests who inspired such generosity.
Genes, chromosomes – and God October 15, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom God is not some invisible presence watching us from the sky; God is as close to us as the DNA in our bodies.
Pearls amid junk September 3, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom When you look at infinite space and countless solar systems and stars and galaxies, we’re part of a creation that is truly worthy of God.
Family matters July 7, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Our culture is hard on faith. In the name of freedom of choice, we are arguably becoming one of the least free societies.
The skinny on summer June 11, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Do all the good you can, for as many people as you can, for as long as you can. If you do that, you may not just live longer. You may live forever.
Like Mary, we are all called May 6, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Our job is not just to do good things for God, but to allow God to do good things through us. That’s what Mary models.
Trust God’s love – now April 6, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom The key to trusting God’s power after death is to trust his power during life.
Years surrounded by God February 28, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom We are surrounded by God even though we can’t always feel or see God. God keeps us alive. I’m glad that I’ve lived long enough to share God with you.
A boy and his dog February 1, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom I think it’s fair to say that my dog saved my life. I would come home from grade school at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex. Our little apartment was empty. My father was absent. My mother was working. My older brother and sisters were either in school or at work. But my dog, King, was there.
Ego, be gone January 8, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Blog, Wit & Wisdom In 2018, Father Breighner suggests allowing God to enter our lives each day of the new year, so we can become the presence of God in our world.
