Monday, March 20, 2017

The Samaritan Woman and Evangelization

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Friday, March 17, 2017

The Devil's Playbook. Or Why the World is Winding Down

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There is warranted concern on the part of some that we can't say that the state of things in the United States means that the world, thr...
Monday, March 13, 2017

Married Priest Part 2

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As a sort of follow up to my previous post, I think, as Canonist Ed Peters points out, a question that needs answering not just by Pope Fran...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Why I might be with Pope Francis on this married priest thing

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I first read an article on this topic last year that mentioned a possible topic for the next synod being married priests.  After the ongoing...
Thursday, March 9, 2017

"Kristin Lavransdatter" vs. "Better Call Saul"

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I'm looking forward to lots of things in April.  Holy Week.  Easter.  Time with family.  Spring.  The third season of Better Call Saul ...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

The courage of Christ to head to the desert

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

What the Jazzercise class taught me about Lent

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Sunday, February 26, 2017

If you had your child baptized Catholic, do you have ANY idea what you agreed to?

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"Husband and wife, raised to the dignity and the responsibility of parenthood, will be zealous in fulfilling their task as educator...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Be Perfect

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Annual Lenten Reminder

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Annual reminder: Going to Mass EVERY weekend is INFINITELY more important than giving up something for Lent The Church NOWHERE requir...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Marriage amidst the boring

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Sunday, February 5, 2017

Refugees and Rural Poverty

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Monday, January 30, 2017

Homily on Vocations: Ask the Lord, Listen to the Lord, and then Respond with Courage!

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Homily on Vocations: Ask the Lord, Listen to the Lord, and then Respond with Courage!

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

The black mass of abortion vs. the Eucharist

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Homily for the Vigl of Life Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral 1/25/2017 Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apost...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Homily on Christian Unity - "Let there be no divisions among you"

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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Christian Unity: Just finding what WORKS for you?

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In order to not talk about faith, a lot of people say to one another "whatever works for you" "So if Buddhism works for ...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

God Loves You!

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

My favorite family quote

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"The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap. There we do see something of which...

The Epiphany from the bedside of a dying parishioner

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A parishioner shared this poem with me on Monday from his wife's bedside where she is in her final days. It is a beautiful poem that I ...