text “Is Jesus asleep in your boat?” As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to step down from the bridge of the “The…
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…
text “Don’t you just love Jesus?” As I held the door open for a woman carrying a florescent yellow umbrella, I…
text “I am not here to defend the indefensible.” One of Pope Francis’ top advisors, Australian Cardinal George Pell, publicly…
text Lent: An invitation to perfection. Among the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we find the repeated…
text “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” Will Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort’s “mea culpas” be enough? In everyday…
text “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.” Lent has begun once again, so can temptation be far behind? The season…
text “Is the glass half empty, half full or is the glass twice its normal size?” What to do while you are waiting to order your cappuccino? Just read the…
