Articles By: Joe Pisani

My first atheist encounter November 6th, 2022 - Istill remember the first time I met an atheist. I wish I could say it was as memorable as the time I met Henry Kissinger… Read More ››

Is it possible to forgive 77 times? October 16th, 2022 - When I was at daily Mass recently, the Gospel recounted the time Peter goes up to Jesus with a trick question. Let me quote from… Read More ››

Looking for hope in America September 1st, 2022 - It’s easy to lose hope when the world seems to be falling apart. Every day there’s another report of a random shooting or a violent… Read More ››

Americans and the Israelites July 20th, 2022 - Do you remember that scene in “The Ten Commandments” when actor Charlton Heston, as a Hollywoodesque Moses, was coming down Mount Sinai with the stone… Read More ››

How does Jesus see us? June 1st, 2022 - Let me tell you an Easter story. I know it’s a little late and that I should be setting my watch for Ordinary Time…but something… Read More ››

Only the Eucharist can save the world May 5th, 2022 - It was a world much like our own…150 years ago in France. There was war and rumors of war. Catholics were under attack by the… Read More ››

Take your own inventory April 1st, 2022 - Back in the tumultuous ’60s when I was a teenager, I was a self-proclaimed authority on hypocrites…and mostly everyone I encountered was a hypocrite, especially… Read More ››

A different approach to Lent March 15th, 2022 - This Lent, I went through the same ordeal I’ve gone through since fourth grade, when the Sisters of St. Joseph asked us what we were… Read More ››

What we ‘failed to do’ February 2nd, 2022 - It began like any other Mass until we got to the penitential rite and started praying: “I confess to almighty God and to you, my… Read More ››

Don’t be afraid to talk about your faith January 1st, 2022 - Do you remember those good ole days when your parents told you that respectable people don’t talk about politics, sex or religion in polite society?… Read More ››

Who do we follow as our true king? December 29th, 2021 - We all know the story of the Three Kings who journeyed from the East to pay homage to a king born in a stable in… Read More ››

A prayer to start the day right December 4th, 2021 - Have you ever had one of those days when you didn’t want to get out of bed? When you felt like you couldn’t face another… Read More ››

This teaching is difficult October 25th, 2021 - My NOAA weather radio said Hurricane Henri was going to come right through our front yard, so we spread sand bags on the street, took… Read More ››

The people holding a troubled world together September 25th, 2021 - When I gaze out across the pews at daily Mass, I see a collection of people with gray hair, thinning hair, no hair. Grandparents, widows,… Read More ››

Body, blood, soul and divinity. The real thing. August 12th, 2021 - As I was walking back to my pew after receiving Communion, I spotted a fellow who was holding the host in his hand and staring… Read More ››