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“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign…”
Ok, I’m dating myself with lyrics to a song from the Seventies, but that Five Man Electrical Band hit always…
“But What of These?”
“But what good are these?” So says Andrew to Jesus, explaining that there is a boy with five barley loaves…
What IF We Would Just Imagine?
In light of the attempted assassination of former President Trump, I felt that I would heed President Biden’s National Oval…
“Come Away With Me…”
In this coming Sunday’s Gospel, we will hear, “He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and…
Another Loss, Or Is It?
We lost a friend to Saint Miriam last week. Donna Conway lost her battle to pancreatic cancer. I married Donna…
We Have Our Mission!
Dear Friends, Quick: what is the purpose of Christianity? If you had to write a Mission Statement for Christianity in as…
A Jesus To Stretch Us!
When Jesus visited Nazareth, where He grew up, He faced rejection. He was not able to perform any miracles, apart…
A Gospel Story of Greatest Hits!
Mark’s Gospel continues this Sunday with the story of the woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years and the synagogue…
Vive Jesus!
I was cleaning out some old desk drawers last week, in a not completely successful attempt to feel more organized….
“No One Puts Their Children in a Boat Unless the Water is Safer than the Land”
With this Sunday finding Mark’s Gospel bringing us the famous lesson on storms and the fact that President Biden offered…
Why Are You Afraid?
Dear Friends, I have to admit: I get the disciples’ reaction to the storm at sea. “Why are you afraid?” Jesus…
Small Faith is All It Takes!
This coming Sunday we hear another famous parable! Jesus often thinks and speaks in parables and uses images which he…
Trust in God!
Are you a patient person? Are you patient with yourself, with others, with the world? Or do you like things…
Family Values!
Yikes! Jesus doesn’t seem to be a very “family values” type guy in today’s gospel. It seems as if he…
A Tinkering God.
People imagine their god intervening in the world to different degrees. Once, God is like a Watchmaker, Occasionally, God is…
Corpus Christi…Well, how ‘bout that!
It’s one of my favorite memories from my days at Mother of Mercy House: We were celebrating Thanksgiving Day Mass…
The Triune God Isn’t All That Scary After all.
This Sunday is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, or Trinity Sunday! We priests often joke that a new…
How Do We Know that God is Trinity?
The Holy Trinity: God is three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We all know that. We may not completely understand it….
“Can you breathe in what I have breathed out?”
Dear Friends, Blessed and Joyful Pentecost: the outpouring of the Holy Spirit—given to ALL who were present for that great and…
A Different Kind of Gift for Pentecost
Well, it’s here! Finally! It is Pentecost! Pentecost takes place on the 50th day after Easter Sunday and commemorates the…
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