Every human life is profoundly mysterious and infinitely valuable. Yet each human life is in a significant way incomplete, unfinished, and empty. We long to be filled and filled we will be, if not wit… more →
Youth Talk on the Vinewrote 2 months ago: Every human life is profoundly mysterious and infinitely valuable. Yet each human life is in a signi … more →
wrote 2 months ago: There is a slogan that says “Milk, it does a body good.” Have you ever thought about what does your … more →
wrote 6 months ago: In your coffee this morning, besides the requisite cream and sugar, maybe there was also an ounce or … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Like any close friend, I know pretty much all about her life. I’ve been to her house, been to the pl … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Compared to a suite of high-intensity lamps shining down upon a football field, the little flashligh … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Did you notice what some folks did in this past Sunday’s Gospel? They brought a deaf and mute man to … more →
wrote 9 months ago: May all the peoples of the earth know the Lord is God and there is no other. You must be wholly devo … more →
wrote 10 months ago: The story is told of a young Confederate soldier who had broken a military regulation and was being … more →
wrote 11 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before in this blog (I’m making the dangerous and ego-imperiling assumption that s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Besides the continual and heartfelt thanks that those of us who are men offer for not having to bend … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Thankfully, you and I don’t have to deal with any stress in our lives . . . . . . (long, confused pa … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Not too long ago, I was in the sacristy after having preached a vocations homily at a diocesan grade … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The foundations of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. But keep in mind, they are … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Jesus loves to heal. Jesus wants to heal. Jesus will heal. In those days when he walked this earth, … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When my brother was still quite young, too young to safely have major surgery, he nonetheless requir … more →
wrote 1 year ago: What an incredible blessing it was to be with the young ladies of this past weekend’s silent retreat … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Hate to brag, but my doctor is really cool. Besides the facts that he knows his medicine and really … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today’s solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary brings back wonderful boyhood memorie … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Life can be terribly complicated — sometimes in an adventurous “let’s figure out the puz … more →