Fr. MastroeniDec 31, 20178 min readSecond Coming of Christ, Final Judgment 2017"Et iterum venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos, cuius regni non erit finis” we affirm in the Nicene Creed each Sunday and solemnity....
Fr. MastroeniDec 24, 201711 min readSalvation and AdventI remember as a boy the Baptist Church on Madison Avenue just down the street from the old General Hospital. It had a huge neon sign...
Fr. MastroeniNov 28, 20175 min readCaesar or GodThe leaders of the Jews were plotting to kill Jesus because he was claiming to be the Son of God. To accomplish this, two opposing groups...
Fr. MastroeniNov 21, 20177 min readSt. Francis of AssisiThe Thirteenth Century saw the end to serfdom and the gradual disappearance of a poor, slavish peasant class. In its place emerged the...
Fr. MastroeniNov 17, 20176 min readTime, Trid. 20th after Pentecost 2017I should like to focus our reflection this morning on the first scripture reading from Eph. 5:16: “Look carefully then how you walk, not...
Fr. MastroeniOct 13, 201711 min readFatima, Oct. 13: the Miracle of the Sun“The Woman clothed with the sun” In the Psalms we find many references to God as “light”: “the Lord God is a sun and a shield” ps.84:11...
Fr. MastroeniOct 8, 201712 min readFatima, Centenary 2017This year marks the centenary, the 100th anniversary of our Lady’s apparitions at Fatima Portugal. For me it has an added significance....
Fr. MastroeniSep 24, 201715 min readFatima: Vision of Hell, July 13, 1917Some 5,000 people joined the children in the Cova da Iria, the open meadow, that day on July 13, 1917 which was a Saturday that year. The...