**A freshly hewn marble block and the Manger**
**A freshly hewn marble block and the Manger** Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky Here is an amusing true story at the expense of an unnamed...
Hope and the Cycle of Life
Hope and the Cycle of Life Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/hope-and-cycle-life/ The world offers us...
**The Machinery of Forgiveness**
**The Machinery of Forgiveness** Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky In the military, the changing of the guard illustrates an essential purpose of...
An Advent Meditation
An Advent Meditation Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/n-advent-meditation/ We all seek happiness. But...
The Age of Cynicism
The Age of Cynicism Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/age-cynicism/ Cynics believe in the worst of human...
The God of justice and the God of mercy
The God of Justice and of Mercy By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2019/12/29/the-god-of-justice-and-of-mercy/?fb...
Self-esteem
Self-esteem Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/self-esteem/ The secular self-esteem industry has become a...
Clerical secrets
Clerical secrets Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/clerical-secrets/ Maybe this secret should not be...
**The mandate of the Mass**
**The mandate of the Mass** Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky Saint Isaac Jogues risked everything for the Gospel. As a Jesuit missionary to the New...
Are Marian devotions excessive?
Are Marian devotions excessive? Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=1370 We have an abiding...