Lent provides us with our own trip 'into the desert'
My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, The Gospels tell us that Jesus, upon being baptized, was led by the Spirit into the desert. It was here, we are told, that he was tempted by the devil. This season of Lent is very often compared with a desert experience. It is in this season of L...Read full story »
Monday, March 17, 2014
Christ offers the strength we need in today's world
My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, we must be strong as one body in Jesus Christ as we continue on our Christian mission. Because our life in Christ is from God in heaven, we will, as a people of God, always be in contrast to the powers that root themselves solely in the things of this...Read full story »
Monday, February 17, 2014
Words cannot describe the real message of Christmas
I tried to find the words that would bring the gift of God’s birth into this world into some relief. And yet the harder I tried, the more I realized that my limited abilities would not let me do so. For a humanity that lived before the very moment of God’s birth, there was b...Read full story »
Monday, December 16, 2013
Thanksgiving
“We give You thanks, Almighty God….” My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, let us loose the chains that bind us to this earth that we might give worthy praise to God. In so doing, we admit to ourselves (either consciously or unconsciously) that we are not ul...Read full story »
Monday, November 18, 2013
The Month of Mary and All Souls Day
My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, we are nearing the Advent season when we reflect on and prepare for the celebration of the birth of Christ. This is a wonderful season of celebration; and yet if we are not careful, we risk passing over the months of October and November, which hold si...Read full story »
Monday, October 14, 2013
Nathanael who? We can learn from him
Nathanael is identified as one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Little is known of him, and he does not command a large presence in scripture. He is identified with Bartholomew (son of Talmai) by scripture scholars, given that both are connected to Philip. So, it would seem that Natha...Read full story »
Monday, September 16, 2013
Everyone's vision of Pilate differs. As for me, I pity the man
Pilate has always been an interesting character in the saga of the Passion. It was he who sat in his apparent seat of power, established by the glory of Rome; yet on one fateful day he was powerless against a crowd in the street. On the one side was an angry mob of accusers, and on the other...Read full story »
Monday, August 26, 2013
Health care train may be on wrong track
I think that we, in this country, can take for granted the founding documents that give us our freedoms and rights. Gone are the days of sitting around the table listening to one of our elders tell stories of occupation or oppressio...Read full story »
Monday, August 12, 2013
Living the good ol' days today
We are always placing timelines on ourselves. Some of these stages in our lives are based on science. By the age of 12 months, we should be performing certain tasks. By the age of five years, we should be pe...Read full story »
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
God likes to hang out with us
I remember as a youth sitting in a pew at Holy Rosary Parish as Msgr. Bilskie, founding pastor of Holy Rosary, would point to the tabernacle at his right during his homily and say, “Jesus waits for us in this tabernacle. He is our personal prisoner of love . . . .“ That was over 2...Read full story »
Monday, June 17, 2013
