Fr. Tony Galati
​July 31, 2022

When I was a kid, my brothers and sister and I would play Monopoly.  Do you remember that board game?  Well, you might remember that the object of the game was, is, to build so much wealth that you would bankrupt the other players so that you would have everything and the other guys would have nothing.  While we all wanted to win, I don’t think any of us took the objective of the game very seriously.​
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Fr. Tony Galati
​July 24, 2022

As a father myself, I know something of the persistent asking for stuff by my own sons.  “Persistent asking” puts it mildly in some cases – at some times it became nagging and almost harassment.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, and my wife and I did the best for them that we could.  But I especially recall a number of times when we’d just left Sunday Mass and the kids were in the back seat, and almost as soon as the car began to move, the kids would start a chant: Sesame Doughnuts, Sesame Doughnuts!  
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Fr. Tony Galati
​July 17, 2022

For the majority of people, it’s probably Martha who is easy to relate to if only because most of us understand and experience the tensions of balance between those things we know have to be done, and our desire to enter more deeply into the mysteries of the life we are called to live.
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Fr. Tony Galati
​July 10, 2022

When I was young and in grade school, I heard today’s parable in a meaningful way for the first time – and for a long time after that – I could easily identify with the victim of this story.  I had no idea what a Samaritan was, much less what a Levite was.  And, while I knew what a priest was, I couldn’t identify with the priest in this parable because I could not imagine that my parish priests at Holy Redeemer would cross the street to avoid someone on the ground who badly needed help.  I just couldn’t. ​

July 3, 2022
Fr. Tony Galati

​It is striking in our gospel reading that when Jesus sends out the 72, he tells them that their message is to be the same, whether people welcome them or not: he tells them to say, “The Kingdom of God is very near to you”.  Now, that message remains good news regardless of how it may be received.  And it also remains true that God and the life he offers us IS near to us, despite people’s response, and it does not become bad news just because it is not welcomed.