Category Archives: Msgr. Ferrarese

Share the post “Back to Basics” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares I am writing this essay from the Holy Land while on Pilgrimage with 30 people from our parish and others. We have just arrived, and already I feel different. There is such excitement … Continue reading →

Share the post “Someone by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares One of the most mysterious and at the same time one of the most all present realities in our lives is the being we call ‘Holy Spirit’. We know by that term … Continue reading →

Share the post “A God That Matters by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares Some things that happen in our lives don’t leave a great deal behind them. They just happen. Then they are gone. There might be some small indentation in the … Continue reading →

Share the post “Accountability by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares No one likes to be judged. In fact, nowadays, people cry out “you’re judging me!” as if it is an indictment tantamount to murder! When it comes to God, we like a … Continue reading →

Share the post “Drifting Back by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares Recently I attended a performance of the Opera “Medea” by the Italian Composer Luigi Cherubini. It was based on the French play by Corneille and ultimately on the Greek Classic by … Continue reading →

Share the post “Endings by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares When we get to this time of year, we move into a reflection on the ‘last things’, meaning how and when will things end. This is in the worldly sense and in … Continue reading →

Share the post “We Are All Learners by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares One of the many interesting things that Jesus, Our Lord, said in the Gospels is that there is only one teacher in life: God. Then He added: the rest … Continue reading →

Share the post “292 Essex Street by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares This may seem a strange title for a spiritual essay. Let me explain. By my count this is my 292nd essay that I have written for Immaculate Conception Parish. I … Continue reading →

Share the post “Procreation by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares Sometimes something is so big that we don’t notice it, especially when it has always been there. The issue of procreation is one of those major realities that we often don’t take … Continue reading →

Share the post “Magisterium by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookTwitterShare…Shares ‘Magisterium’! Now that’s a mouthful! The word represents something that is a very important part of our Church that is both misunderstood and unheeded. It signifies the accumulated tradition of the Church, … Continue reading →