text “Is Jesus asleep in your boat?” As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to step down from the bridge of the “The…
text "How wonderful is it to be alive?" In a stunning little book entitled, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, the…
text "Faith is not genuine unless it is tinged with a trace of doubt." Whenever I am experiencing moments of doubt regarding my faith, I head for St…
text "Bring Jesus to the world!" The mass was about to begin when a shout from one of the nursing home…
text "Everyone loves a parade." As I left the nursing home this past Sunday afternoon, I felt a resurgence of…
text "Holding hands with the dying." As we venture into the Fifth Sunday of Lent, our gospel reading from John (11…
text "There is none so blind as the one who will not see." Entering the Fourth Sunday of Lent, traditionally known as "Laetare Sunday" …
text "Before enlightenment, the laundry. After enlightenment, the laundry." Waiting patiently in line at the local grocery store, I was fascinated with…
text Don Not Harden Your Hearts Reaching beyond the confines of our comfort zones becomes the theme of today's…
text "It wasn't the apple on the tree, it was the pair on the ground." When I first heard this playful explanation of Adam and Eve's behavior in the…
text "Learn to live simply so others may simply live." The rusting Toyota Corolla was a virtual billboard filled with multiple…
text "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Be careful or soon we will live in a blind and toothles A year ago, as I was preparing to eat my delicious Indian meal at the Gandhi…
text "Go to heaven for the climate. Go to hell for the company." Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died on April 21, 1910…
text "We are here! We are on fire!" The previous week in Ordinary Time brought with it some very extraordinary…
text "Discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary: the call to discipleship." Perhaps it is time to re-imagine the significance of our personal call to…
text "I would like to offer you a rational explanation, but I can't figure it out." The airline pilot's words were not that comforting, especially since we had…
text "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the Hour of our death." In this world, there are no absolute safe havens, but only places where we can…
text "Together we can do something wonderful." One of Mother Teresa's favorite statements summarized her view of ministry and…
text "Love at first sight: the risk of faith." Recently, I saw a cartoon depicting Santa Claus holding a sign that said: …
text "It always seems impossible until it's done." With the recent death of Fidel Castro on November 25, 2016, I was reminded of…
text "Is there room for laughter during Advent?" The older woman was in her late eighties and suffered from severe diabetes…
text "Advent: Déjà vu all over again." Yogi Berra, former catcher for the New York Yankees, was known as the Master…
text "Precious Lord Take My Hand." The grocery store wasn't all that busy when I shopped for a few items…
