November 7, 2024
We are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh. (Philippians 3:3-4) As I write this, my last remaining Grandmother is descending into her eternal rest, soon to pass from […]
November 6, 2024
A global pandemic shrouded the whole world in the darkness of sickness, death, fear, and isolation. COVID-19 changed the world and society in so many ways, and there seemed no hope. On the evening of March 28, 2020, a man clothed in a white cassock entered the empty, dark, and rainy Saint Peter’s Square. Pope […]
November 5, 2024
“Attitude!” Recently, in line at a fast-casual place, I heard a teenager having their parent say to them just this: “Attitude!” The teen obviously knew what mom meant when the teen stood up a bit more and rolled her eyes. Then, more parent-teen nonverbal signs! This word and phrases around it in the first reading […]
November 4, 2024
While on a mission trip, I witnessed the love of Christ in a profound way that I will never forget. Along with my wife and team, we were blessed to render dentistry to those in the poor, remote bays of the Dominican Republic. Every day, they would prepare lunch based on what little food they […]
November 3, 2024
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time The question posed in today’s gospel by “one of the scribes” concerning which is the first or greatest commandment appears in all three synoptic gospels. However, from a different context in Luke, a lawyer asks Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The answer is the same in […]
November 2, 2024
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) In a Letter to Mrs. Mathilde Giraud-Jordan, Saint Peter Julian Eymard wrote: “I was really sorry to learn about the death of your relative… Although he died suddenly when he fell, he had time to recommend himself to God, …an act of contrition is quickly made […]
November 1, 2024
Solemnity of All Saints What we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. This feast began as a way of acknowledging all those who had shed their blood for the faith. Today, it celebrates […]
October 31, 2024
Today, many people around the world celebrate Halloween. This highly commercialized, secular holiday dates back thousands of years through to the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, a pagan festival celebrating the end of summer and its harvests with people lighting bonfires and wearing costumes to ward off ghosts and demons associated with the oncoming dark […]
October 30, 2024
“Lord, will only a few people be saved?” We humans are curious individuals. When toddlers learn to talk almost immediately, they ask endless questions; it seems never-ending. Then, somewhere in the teens, the questions slow, but as adults, we again are confident enough to ask questions. I doubt the unidentified person asking this question of […]
October 29, 2024
A Year with Father Eymard – Day by Day, the quote says: A soul that belongs to God finds its whole life in these two laws: God wills it, or God does not will it. The perfection of love consists entirely in doing each thing as God wills it and in God’s spirit. These words […]