text "What good is it, my sisters and brothers, to profess faith without practicing it?" The waiter had just presented the bill when my cell phone rang. It was a call…
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
text "Who lives on the outskirts of the kingdom?" The feast of Christ the King signals the end of Ordinary Time and the…
text "Still, I put up with this Church until I see a better one... The seventeenth century Christian humanist and scholar, Erasmus, had, like…
text "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the door and see all the people." Combining words with action, a favorite childhood nursery rhyme often ended…
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 "Do you love me?" "I suppose I do" Often, when I hear the question, “Do you love me?” I think of a…
text "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas." The clinking of wine glasses had gotten the attention of the many wedding…
text "Don't leave before the miracle happens." This past Sunday, October 5th, Pope Francis called for a creative and humble…
text "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas." The clinking of wine glasses had gotten the attention of the many wedding…
text "Which of the characters in today's Gospel do you most identify with?" In today’s gospel, Matthew 21:28-32, Jesus tells the story about two…
text "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." The young mother and her two children were sitting in the booth behind me. I…
text "Next Week in Jerusalem." "Next Week in Jerusalem." Taking a break from the Ordinary Time of our liturgical cycle, the celebration…
text "If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask..." “If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask, it will be done…
text "You duped me, O Lord, and I allowed myself to be duped." Openly lamenting his faithful service to God, Jeremiah, the reluctant…
text "Finding a way home." The customer line did not look that long, but on a hot day any length of line…
text "Jesus, you got that right." Listening to his heart rather than her words, Jesus answered the Canaanite…
text "Faith is walking on water against your better judgement" Listening through both the silence and the chaos that surrounded us, Jack…
text "Whatever happened to the twelve baskets of leftovers?" Recently, I was invited to a luncheon held at The Old Country Buffet. Upon…
text "What's important and what isn't?" Waiting for someone to answer the front door, I noticed a note to the fire…
text "The Kingdom of God could be like a run down and abandoned farm." There was the wonderful story about the priest who visited a young parishioner…
text "Jesus, why do you speak in parables?" Jesus was a good story teller and engaged his disciples in accessible…
text "Blue Bunny, Jucy Lucy and Espresso: Invitations to rest and relaxation." In between weddings a week ago, I went in search of a quiet place for lunch…
text "La festa di San Pietro e Paolo" Let’s face it, everything sounds better in Italian! And if we were…
