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Today the Church honors St. Gaspar del Bufalo, our founder. St. Gaspar was born in Rome on January 6, 1786, on the feast of the Epiphany. His parents named him after the magi: Gaspar Melchior Balthazar del Bufalo, quite a mouthful for a newborn. From early on, St....
St. Gaspar, a Child of the Magi
By Fr. Ben Berinti, C.PP.S. As we celebrate the feast day of our founder, St. Gaspar del Bufalo, the Missionaries in this country do so, for the first time, as the United States Province. That should give us a jolt of energy, since this is our invitation to rebirth,...
Finding One’s Voice: Perseverance in Prayer
By Fr. Joe Nassal, C.PP.S. The parable Jesus tells in this Sunday’s gospel (Luke 18, 1-8) about the widow and the unjust judge is unsettling because it gives the impression that if we just badger God long enough, God will give in to our prayer as the judge finally...
Let’s Be Like the Tenth Leper
By Fr. Harry Brown, C.PP.S. In prescientific times, people worried when they had to face diseases. They regarded sickness, leprosy and fever as caused by evil spirits. God had to intervene and show his mighty strength. Healing stood for expelling evil spirits. Jesus...
God Expects Us to Serve
By Fr. Tony Fortman C.P.P.S. In today’s Gospel, Jesus expects us to give our best. You and I are made mostly comfortable by many blessings. We have enough food, we have automobiles, we have homes. (Some of us may not have all of that, but most of us do.) When we are...