text "Gotta Serve Somebody" When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
text “Who among you received forgiveness from Jesus Christ and deserved it?” There was a slight drizzle of rain in the air and the neatly written message…
text “Hitting rock bottom: Rediscovering your seat of wisdom.” Our paths crossed many times as I entered and exited the church. She…
text “I never promised you a rose garden.” As I waited in line at the Sunnyside Gardens to pay for some flowers, a woman…
text “If you see a turtle on the top of a fencepost, you know he had some help getting there.” Humorous anecdotes have a way of telling the truth about the importance of…
text “Together we make a family.” Gathering around the hospital bed, the generations of Chenne’s family found…
text “Without Prophets for today, there will be great losses tomorrow.” An old “Peanuts” cartoon strip brings together a couple of operative…
text “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.” In the business section of the Star Tribune, there was a report of a fortune…
text “Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow” Upon closer inspection, the tattoo on the patient’s chest read: “Gallina…
text “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter.” In the words of The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., “Our lives begin to end…
text “Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?” After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text “How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?” The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text “Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing.” Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text “Wishy-washy disciples need not apply.” In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
text “My sister doesn’t have a clue about what just took place.” Liam’s sister, Anna, had just been baptized when he politely said, “My sister…
text “It was a dark and stormy night” The popular comic strip Peanuts featured a dog-named Snoopy. An aspiring…
text “Veni Creator Spiritus.” The hymn, “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Come Creator Spirit), is normally sung or…
text “I am stepping out on Your word.” Even in her non-descript hospital gown and robe, Jane seemed to exude a sense…
text “Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let your hearts be afraid.” The Sixth Sunday of Easter is a day filled with hope and remains a harbinger…
text “It’s a drop of water in the sea, but after this drop, the sea will never be the same.” In responding to a question asked whether his gesture of taking twelve Syrian…
text “We’re poor little lambs who have lost our way, baa, baa, baa.” The pastoral imagery of post resurrection theology, especially in the gospel…
text “I am going fishing.” For a carpenter from the landlocked town of Nazareth, Jesus seemed to know a…
text “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Week after week the old man complained to God every Sunday morning in church,…
text “This is the day the Lord has made.” Psalm 118, used as the sung responsorial psalm for Easter Sunday liturgy,…
text Thank you, Jesus for showing us how to die. The bitter cold day and a bone chilling wind hastened the burial ritual. The…
