Conflict overseas. A shooting close to home. Moments like this shape us. Lent asks us to pause: Who is forming our hearts? Every Christian is entrusted with the Gospel. Christ forms us into steady people in an unsteady time.
We spend a lot of energy protecting the version of ourselves that feels safer than the real one.
Ash Wednesday interrupts that.
“Remember that you are dust.” Not as humiliation. As freedom. As the courage to stop pretending and return to the God who already knows us fully.
Damage Control or Conversion
Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary TimeLectionary: 321 2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11 Mark 4:26-34 Today’s first reading is meant to unsettle us. This is not David at his best.It is David when power goes unchecked.At the time when…
Some people love God
and carry their lives carefully.
They learn how to read rooms.
They learn when words carry risk.
They carry faith carefully,
because faith is precious.
Saint Sebastian is remembered not because suffering defines him,
but because dignity endured.
When Not Knowing Changes You
We scroll past suffering every day. Sometimes angry. Sometimes numb. Sometimes convinced we’re on the right side. Epiphany isn’t about having the right reaction. It’s about being changed. If nothing changes in us, maybe we haven’t really encountered anything yet.
It’s easier to retreat.
It’s easier to rely on slogans.
It’s easier to stop paying attention.
Jesus does something harder.
Baptism places us inside the world as it is and gives us the courage to live (and act) there without becoming cruel or indifferent.
Peace Through Presence
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God & the World Day of PeaceThursday, 01 January 2026Mass Readings As we begin a new year, the Church asks us to tell the truth about where we are. Today is the eighth day of Christmas, the Octave of the Nativity. January 1 is also…
Family life is often complicated, especially during the holidays.
This homily reflects on the Feast of the Holy Family and the Christmas promise of Emmanuel, God with us, not in ideal conditions, but in real family life.
This reflection is for anyone who has ever wondered whether their family stor
Merry Christmas! This is my first Christmas as a priest of the Paulist Fathers. Here is my homily for the Mass at Night on Christmas Eve.
The Threshold Where God Draws Near
Homily for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Friday, December 12, 2025St. Austin Catholic Church -- Austin, Texas Readings: First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-5, 10 Responsorial Psalm: 71:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 R/ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace…
The Gate We Cannot Ignore
This reflection is based on the readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Amos 6:1a, 4–7 and Luke 16:19–31, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. --- At the center of today’s Gospel is a gate.On one side is a rich man, clothed in purple, feasting every day.On the…
The Mercy of St. Maximillian Kolbe, OFM Conv
Homily based on the readings: Mercy is not passive. It moves toward the person in danger, speaks when others remain silent, and shelters the one the crowd has cast out. Today we remember St. Maximilian Kolbe, a man who offered his life so another could…
When the Alarms Sound Off in Your Life
I shared a story from 2018 when an emergency alert warned of an incoming missile in Hawai‘i. I was with a group of teenagers on retreat. There were no answers. No plans. Just a chapel, a deep breath, and a prayer we all knew by heart. The Our Father isn’t…
Abraham welcomed strangers. Martha made room. Both were surprised by God. This homily is about what happens when hospitality costs something and how Christ still comes to us in those we don’t expect. Listen, reflect, and let it stir your heart.
When five Paulists fly across an ocean to be with you for your Mass of Thanksgiving… you start to wonder: “Do they really understand what folks are saying in Hawai‘i?”
But honestly, it didn’t matter. Because #ALOHA speaks for itself. And the language of aloha... love, joy, food was alive & well.
A farewell dinner for Paulist Fr. Chris Malano, as he departs Hecker House, @paulistfathers.bsky.social house of mission & studies in Washington, D.C.
For his 1st priestly assignment, Fr. Chris will be assoc. pastor at St. Austin Catholic Parish in Austin, TX.
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Group photo of Fr. Christopher D. Malano, CSP with friends and family immediately following his ordination on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
This photo perfectly captures the #ALOHA that filled me completely on May 17, 2025, at my ordination to the #priesthood for the #PaulistFathers. To all who joined me in this joyful celebration – #THANKYOU, from the bottom of my heart. Your support and love have left me truly humbled and speechless.
A woman took a risk for mercy—and it changed everything. In debates on who belongs, the Gospel reminds us that God's love has no borders. Are we willing to take risks for the sake of mercy? Watch this reflection on faith & action. #FaithInAction #Mercy
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