text "Gotta Serve Somebody" When the album entitled “Slow Train Coming” was launched in 1979, one song…
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…
text "If it were not for hope, the human heart would break." Walking through Calvary Cemetery in Saint Paul, I came across a tombstone…
text "Encounters with everyday annunciations: Discovering God in unusual places." On a wall in my bedroom hangs a replica of Fra Angelico's famous painting…
text "Where do you get your ticket punched for the trip to Paradise?" If you were to ask me, "Where do you get your ticket punched for the trip to…
text "Hello, this is Pope Francis." Eugenio Scalfari, a noted atheist and the editor of La Repubblica, a daily…
text "Never quit, just restart." If she could have, she would have picked herself out of the ditch and…
text "What causes you to come back every week to celebrate the Eucharist?" This past week I received a request from the Archdiocese for a "head count" of…
text "We need to live our faith instead of beating people over the head with it" His first order of business as Pope was to pay his hotel bill and move into a…
text "Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief." "Tinker, Tailor. Soldier, Sailor Rich Man, Poor Man,     &…
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 a small article buried in the business section of the Star Tribune: “The…
text "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." As Republicans gathered in Cleveland this past week, Donald Trump’s task was…
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…
