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     When we grow tired and weary in life we can become a different person than we know ourselves to be.  “He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him we both have access in one Spirit to... More Info →

In the business world a person might often be reminded to “remember who signs your paychecks.”  This common wisdom is a reminder to “toe the company line.”  The prophet Amos was not a company man.  He was not a professional prophet, like... More Info →

There is an idiomatic expression of human wisdom in the English language that cautions us that:  “You have to take the bad with the good.”  Even though our modern, overly optimistic view of the human condition might declare that, “It is all... More Info →

    One of the oldest manuscripts discovered that reflects the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles in the early Church is the Didache.  The teaching begins with a presentation of Two Ways.  “Two Ways there are, one of Life and one of Death, and... More Info →

  At times I meet parents who are Catholic and come from a long tradition of Catholic belief and family tradition.  These parents have several children who have never been baptized or catechized in the Catholic faith that formed their parents... More Info →

Seeds planted – fruit harvested.  We live in a cyclical world.  As Qoheleth, the preacher says in Ecclesiastes, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.  A time to be born, and a time to... More Info →

    All of us from time to time have enjoyed playing “peek-a-boo” with an infant.  For an infant, only what is seen continues to exist.  When we hide ourselves behind some sort of veil, an infant reacts with confusion and concern, because for a... More Info →

At this time in our culture we can see a “crisis of commitment” building. It seems that more and more our young people are having difficulty committing themselves to a life path and making a decision for life. Everything today seems so... More Info →

    I love to watch small children enter the church, dip their hands into the font that contains the waters of their baptism and bless themselves with the rule of faith that has been handed down to us from the apostles and that was contained in... More Info →

    Living in Southern California, the land of wild fires and firestorms, and having been born in Kansas, where prairie fires can sweep over thousands of acres, I am quite familiar with the way that a fire can change the landscape of our lives... More Info →