text “Together we make a family.” Gathering around the hospital bed, the generations of Ken’s family found…
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…
text “It was a dark and stormy night” The popular comic strip Peanuts featured a dog-named Snoopy. An aspiring…
text “Veni Creator Spiritus.” The hymn, “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Come Creator Spirit), is normally sung or…
text “I am stepping out on Your word.” Even in her non-descript hospital gown and robe, Jane seemed to exude a sense…
text “Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let your hearts be afraid.” The Sixth Sunday of Easter is a day filled with hope and remains a harbinger…
text “It’s a drop of water in the sea, but after this drop, the sea will never be the same.” In responding to a question asked whether his gesture of taking twelve Syrian…
text “We’re poor little lambs who have lost our way, baa, baa, baa.” The pastoral imagery of post resurrection theology, especially in the gospel…
text “I am going fishing.” For a carpenter from the landlocked town of Nazareth, Jesus seemed to know a…
text “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Week after week the old man complained to God every Sunday morning in church,…
text “This is the day the Lord has made.” Psalm 118, used as the sung responsorial psalm for Easter Sunday liturgy,…
text Thank you, Jesus for showing us how to die. The bitter cold day and a bone chilling wind hastened the burial ritual. The…
text “Don’t you just love Jesus?” As I held the door open for a woman carrying a florescent yellow umbrella, I…
text “I am not here to defend the indefensible.” One of Pope Francis’ top advisors, Australian Cardinal George Pell, publicly…
text Lent: An invitation to perfection. Among the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we find the repeated…
text “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” Will Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort’s “mea culpas” be enough? In everyday…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” What to do while you are waiting to order your cappuccino? Just read the…
text “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.” Caddying at local private golf clubs was a way of life for many of my friends…
text “Developing an attitude of beatitude.” Standing in the express line (15 items or less) at one of the local super…
text “To know Jesus means spending the rest of your life wondering what hit you.” There is nothing very ordinary about the readings from the Fifth Sunday in…
text “We can go home again.” Arriving back home in Minneapolis during a blizzard, I seriously wondered…
text “What does it mean to be a friend of God?” The opening lines of today’s gospel (Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21) catapult the reader…
text “Did Jesus have a drinking problem?” Given the unusual circumstances at the Wedding Feast of Cana, Jesus performed…
