text El domingo, 3 de marzo de 2024 TERCER DOMINGO DE CUARESMA (Éxodo 20:1-17; I Corintios 1:22-25; Juan 2:13-25) Hace años hubo un drama de televisión…
text “Advent: Déjà vu all over again.” Yogi Berra, former catcher for the New York Yankees, was known as the Master…
text “Precious Lord Take My Hand.” The grocery store wasn’t all that busy when I shopped for a few items…
text “If it were not for hope, the heart would break.” Walking through Calvary Cemetery in St. Paul, I came across a tombstone…
text “Encounters with everyday annunciations: Discovering God in unusual places.” In my bedroom hangs a replica of Fra Angelico’s famous painting of the …
text “Come to me, all you that are weary, and I will give you rest.” Soul searching moments can take us by surprise and, with the grace of God,…
text “Hello, this is Pope Francis.” Eugenio Scalfari, a noted atheist and the editor of La Repubblica, a daily…
text “Never quit, just restart.” If she could have, she would have picked herself out of the ditch and…
text “What causes you to come back every week to celebrate the Eucharist?” This past week I received a request from the Archdiocese for a “head count”…
text “We need to live our faith instead of beating people over the head with it.” The first order of business for Jorge Marion Bergoglio after being elected…
text “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief.” “Tinker, Tailor. Soldier, Sailor Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief.” …
text “Who among you received forgiveness from Jesus Christ and deserved it?” There was a slight drizzle of rain in the air and the neatly written message…
text “Hitting rock bottom: Rediscovering your seat of wisdom.” Our paths crossed many times as I entered and exited the church. She…
text “I never promised you a rose garden.” As I waited in line at the Sunnyside Gardens to pay for some flowers, a woman…
text “If you see a turtle on the top of a fencepost, you know he had some help getting there.” Humorous anecdotes have a way of telling the truth about the importance of…
text “Together we make a family.” Gathering around the hospital bed, the generations of Chenne’s family found…
text “Without Prophets for today, there will be great losses tomorrow.” An old “Peanuts” cartoon strip brings together a couple of operative…
text “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.” In the business section of the Star Tribune, there was a report of a fortune…
text “Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow” Upon closer inspection, the tattoo on the patient’s chest read: “Gallina…
text “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter.” In the words of The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., “Our lives begin to end…
text “Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?” After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text “How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?” The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text “Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing.” Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text “Wishy-washy disciples need not apply.” In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
text “My sister doesn’t have a clue about what just took place.” Liam’s sister, Anna, had just been baptized when he politely said, “My sister…