text “Is there room for laughter during Advent?” The older woman was in her late eighties and suffered from severe diabetes…
text “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” We cannot move forward in faith until we have learned to name our fears and…
text “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” We cannot move forward in faith until we have learned to name our fears and…
text 11th Sunday of the Year: The Gardening of God God is a better gardener than I am, for sure. About fifteen years ago, I planted a Cedar of Lebanon…
text “What makes your heart sing?” The elevator ride from the third floor to the first floor did not take too…
text “What makes your heart sing?” The elevator ride from the third floor to the first floor did not take too…
text “Where do we find the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ?” The contrast would be enormous: a dimly lit room in an Intensive Care Unit…
text “Where do we find the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ?” The contrast would be enormous: a dimly lit room in an Intensive Care Unit…
text Trinity Sunday 2021: A Dance of Perfect Harmony [Summer may be acumin in, even on Tuesday according to meteorologists, but my fingers are stiff…
text “It was a dark and stormy night.” The popular comic strip Peanuts featured a dog-named Snoopy. An aspiring…
text “It was a dark and stormy night.” The popular comic strip Peanuts featured a dog-named Snoopy. An aspiring…
text Pentecost 2021: The Breath of Life Tonight, after Vespers, the paschal candle will be snuffed out, bringing to a close the great…
text “If the Spirit descended like a dove, why did Jesus send a parakeet?” As background to the Feast of Pentecost, the parish priest had just finished…
text “If the Spirit descended like a dove, why did Jesus send a parakeet?” As background to the Feast of Pentecost, the parish priest had just finished…
text Ascension (7th Sunday of Easter) 2021: Forever Present Today, as the Holy Land finds itself again embroiled in savage and indiscriminate slaughter, many…
text So, kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me, hold me like you’ll never let me go. It won’t be too hard to find his room”, the nurse said. “Just listen for the…
text So, kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me, hold me like you’ll never let me go. It won’t be too hard to find his room”, the nurse said. “Just listen for the…
text Sixth Sunday of Easter 2021: Honor Thy Mother! Mother’s Day dawned here on a chilly, drizzly morning, but that didn’t matter to the thousands of…
text “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” If I were to ask you how many how many ways God loves you, would you be able…
text “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” If I were to ask you how many how many ways God loves you, would you be able…
text Fifth Sunday of Easter: 2 May 2021 — The Bond of Love Today’s gospel reading is taken from Jesus’ long exhortation to his disciples at the Last Supper,…
text Getting knocked off your high horse is not just an occupational hazard for jockeys My first horse race proved to be a winner. I was twelve years old and in the…
text Getting knocked off your high horse is not just an occupational hazard for jockeys My first horse race proved to be a winner. I was twelve years old and in the…
text Fourth Sunday of Easter: Fateful Recognition After the revisions of the liturgy following the Second Vatican Council, this fourth Sunday of…
text “You must be shepherds who smell like your sheep.” A few years ago, Pope Francis admitted that he had made “grave errors” in…
