Category Archives: Msgr. Ferrarese

Share the post “Endings by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint I think we all hope that we are on the tail end of this pandemic. We can get used to anything, even bad times. But this thing has worn out its welcome … Continue reading →

Share the post “The Great Song by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint Recently I lost a friend to the pandemic. I had known him since we were in the seminary in 1964. We were both high school freshman with all the hopes … Continue reading →

Share the post “Biological Truth by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint One of the things that has hit us hard in this Pandemic is the realization that we are so vulnerable to biological reality. A virus that we cannot see can kill … Continue reading →

Share the post “Still Creating by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint Often, we should investigate our common assumptions about reality to see whether what we believe is in fact accurate when we compare it to reality. The subjective is not always objectively … Continue reading →

Share the post “The Importance of Place by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint A number of years back, I visited the building where I went to grammar school in the East New York section of Brooklyn. St. Rita’s was, at that time, … Continue reading →

Share the post “The Other Way Around by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint There is a story I read somewhere which may help us understand the quest for Faith and the proper ordering of that quest: A young married couple returns home … Continue reading →

Share the post “You Can’t Go Home Again by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint I’m sure you have had an experience like this: You have fond memories of a place that you loved in your past. But you have been away from … Continue reading →

Share the post “Monkeys in the Mind by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint An arresting image of our penchant for distractions is provided by one of the Buddhist Philosophical works. When thinking of how undisciplined the mind can be, this book said … Continue reading →

Share the post “Humanity, Humbled by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint We can’t even see it! This invisible enemy. Yet how efficient and terrible it is! We had come to the point as a global community that we thought that we were … Continue reading →

Share the post “Time to Think by Monsignor Ferrarese” FacebookGoogle+TwitterTumblrEmailBookmarkPrint Many years ago, I caught a talk that my old Rector from the Seminary gave after he went to a Parish to be a Pastor. After speaking about several things, … Continue reading →