As I reflect on this past week’s shootings in Dallas and here in Ballwin, I can’t help but be reminded that there are allot of hurting people in our world; allot of wounded souls that need healing and I believe today’s Parable of the Good Samaritan gives us insight into… Continue reading 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C
Tomorrow we will celebrate our country’s 240th birthday. This year as our nation gathers to celebrate our independence, we find ourselves in the midst of a very heated election year where we as Americans seem to be searching for our identity. As I reflect on this election cycle, I am saddened… Continue reading 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
What are the most important moments of your life? If I went around the Church I’m sure many of you would probably say your wedding day, the birth of your children or even your own birthday. While those are historically important moments in your life which should be cherished and… Continue reading 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
In today’s Gospel Jesus asks each of us the most fundamental question of our faith “Who do you say that I am?” Friends there is no shying away from the question. It is a question that all of us have had to or will have to answer sometime in our… Continue reading 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
There are many different ways to read the Scriptures, each with its own unique and important insight into who God is and what our relationship with Him is all about. One important, yet often overlooked, way of reading the Scriptures is to look closely at how the different biblical figures cooperate with God… Continue reading 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
10th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C
Regardless of how religious we are, when tragedy strikes, our faith becomes important to us. Often when our back is against the wall and we have no other options we recognize that our only option is to turn to God. It is in those moments, that we often find ourselves… Continue reading 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C
Corpus Christi Year C
In just a few minutes when we approach the altar to receive Holy Communion, what will we see? What will we be thinking? What will we be holding in our hearts? How we answer these questions depends on what, or I should say, who we believe the Eucharist is. … Continue reading Corpus Christi Year C
Trinity Sunday Year C
While our faith is not about having some kind of secret knowledge and “the faith of those who are simple of heart is the most precious treasure of the Church”[1] as Christians we should want to know who God is. After all being a Christian is about falling in love with God, and… Continue reading Trinity Sunday Year C
Pentecost Year C
Emotions are interesting things. They have this ability to well up inside of us causing us to do things we would never dream of doing, but when emotions get to the extreme they cease causing us to do something and suddenly paralyze us. This is what was going on with the Apostles. In… Continue reading Pentecost Year C
Villa Duchesne / City House Alumnae Mass 2016
As we gather today to honor past memories and look to the future, I can’t help but think of William Butler Yeats’ famous poem Among School Children which reads: I walk through the long schoolroom questioning; A kind old nun in a white hood replies; The children learn to cipher and to sing,… Continue reading Villa Duchesne / City House Alumnae Mass 2016
Through The Cross To Light 