Recently, after finishing an ethics consult at one of our local hospitals, the elderly patient’s son stopped me and said “Father I used be a Catholic, but then in college I found the bible and was born again” Ugh. Don’t get me wrong; I’m happy that He is following Jesus, but I knew… Continue reading 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Baptism of the Lord 2019
I really should start selling subscriptions to my family’s group text chat. You never know what is going to come across and quite frankly, I usually don’t want to know, but curiosity almost always gets the better of me. The conversation usually starts out innocent enough, but before you know it one of… Continue reading Baptism of the Lord 2019
4th Sunday of Advent Year B
I’m convinced that many of us have the idea of religion completely backward. Sadly, for many Christians religion is a laborious task where we reach out to God in the hope that we can break through the wall that separates heaven from earth in the hopes that God will hear us. We pray… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Advent Year B
3rd Sunday of Lent Year C
Are you ready for Christmas? No, I’m not asking if you have all your gifts bought, and the house decorated, I’m asking if you are truly prepared for Christmas. In fact, I dare say if our definition of being prepared for Christmas is having the gifts bought and the house decorated, then you… Continue reading 3rd Sunday of Lent Year C
1st Sunday of Advent Year C
It is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for many people the holidays are some of the most difficult times of the year. Whether it is the business of preparing for the Christmas that saps our energy, the stress of financial pressures that seem to be highlighted this… Continue reading 1st Sunday of Advent Year C
Christ The King Year B
Just over 3 years ago, Time Magazine published an article entitled You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish, which highlighted the sad truth that a while even a goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds the average human person loses concentration after 8 seconds.[1] Friends humanity has certainly sunk… Continue reading Christ The King Year B
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
In today’s Gospel, one of the scribes tried to trick Jesus into saying which of the commandments was the greatest. Since all 10 commandments were given by God they would all seem to have infinite importance and thus to choose one over the other would almost seem blasphemous. Yet Jesus does not fall… Continue reading 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
All Saints Day 2018
Today’s feast of all saints day is an invitation for us to step back from the present to ponder the future. As we gather to celebrate all of the saints, those canonized and those known to God alone, we are invited to stop and realize that God has forged a path for our… Continue reading All Saints Day 2018
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Perhaps the hardest question most of us will grapple with in our faith is the age old question of the problem of evil. I’m sure we have all asked this question to ourselves at one time or another: it goes something like this. “If God is all knowing, all loving, and all powerful then… Continue reading 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
I try not to take too many things for granted in this world and I certainly try to avoid making assumptions when at all possible. With that said, I think it is safe to assume that all of us here today want to go to heaven when we die, which is why I… Continue reading 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Through The Cross To Light 