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    This Sunday I celebrate the 24th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.  It has been a beautiful 24 years.  I have to honestly say that when looking back over the years it is clear that I had no idea what lay... More Info →

     “Through one man sin entered into the world…”  Let me take you back to that one man whom we call Adam.  Let’s go back to the time that sin first entered into the world.  Adam felt the weight of that sin immediately.  Remember the afternoon... More Info →

An author I recently read wrote about these Sundays in the latter part of spring as “spiritual spinach” evoking the image of Popeye and the spinach that gave him strength to overcome his enemy Bluto.  With the help of... More Info →

This Sunday we celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the faith that God is one and yet not solitary.  He exists in a communion of love Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Love is at the center of God’s being and constitutes his divine... More Info →

    God knows.  This is a truth that is simple to express but one that is profoundly difficult to wrap our minds and understanding around.  From the time that I was a child I have been living in this mystery, the... More Info →

“… each one of us will face a moment when eternity whispers into our hearts, This is your time.”  ― Michael W. Smith     The Ascension of Jesus takes us to a crossroads in time.  The time of the Emmanuel,... More Info →

When we hear that someone we love is going to visit us and make an extended stay with us, it is a sign of love and esteem for that person that we would prepare for their arrival.  We want to make a good impression on that person and to... More Info →

   “I am the Way.”  The writing from the late first century, early second century of the early Church, entitled, The Didache, or the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, begins with these words:  “Two Ways there are,... More Info →

  It is pretty well known, especially among priests, that Pope Francis believes that a priest should “live with the smell of the sheep.”  The Pope feels that a good priest, as a good shepherd, should smell like his sheep.  I... More Info →

There is a humorous teaching story about a drowning man that I think you have probably heard told a time or two:  A fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood. He was praying to God for help.  Soon a man in a rowboat came by and... More Info →