It is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some people the holidays are some of the most difficult times of the year. Whether it is the busyness of preparing for Christmas that saps our energy, the stress of financial pressures that seem to be highlighted this time… Continue reading 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
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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
3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
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… Continue reading 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
4th Sunday in Advent Year C
Perhaps it is because we are in the midst of a presidential election, but it seems to me that we are living in a world, which is becoming more and more divided. While we are going to have our differences, it seems that as a society we have begun to lose the ability… Continue reading 4th Sunday in Advent Year C
Advent By Candlelight Reflection on Joy
This was an Advent By Candlelight Reflection given at St. Norbert Parish in Florissant, MO. The reading for the Prayer Service was John 15:11-17. This past fall, the day before school started, I had speaking engagement in New York. I flew out of Lambert at 5:00 am, arrived in New York, was driven… Continue reading Advent By Candlelight Reflection on Joy
Christian Joy
This past summer I had the honor of spending 8 weeks in the Villa de Lleva Colombia. Villa de Lleva is a Spanish colonial town in South America with its cobblestone streets, huge town square with 500 year old Church and mountains on all sides it makes you feel like you are living in a… Continue reading Christian Joy
Through The Cross To Light 