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We always have a choice as to how we are going to respond to a given situation.  That is the beauty of the gift of freedom that we have been given.  Our responses in challenging situations determines the direction that our lives will... More Info →

Many years ago, Diana Ross sang the theme song from Mahogany that asked some poignant questions:  “Do you know where you’re going to?  Do you like the things that life is showing you?  Where are you going to?  Do you... More Info →

     We generally do not take very kindly to people who get into our business. When we think that we know what we are doing, even when we are not being very successful at it, we don’t want someone else telling us what to do... More Info →

     As we begin the Cycle of Ordinary Time and before we even enter into the Gospel of Luke which will be our guide during this Liturgical Year, we have the Gospel of the Wedding Feast of Cana, a mystery of light, that will... More Info →

     In the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou”, the three escaped convicts come upon a congregational meeting of Christians going down to the river for baptism.  Delmar sees all those souls being born again in the waters... More Info →

     There was a television show that was called, “Star Search” and it looked for people of hidden talents, future stars that could be discovered living among the ordinary people.  The Feast of the Epiphany is God’s o... More Info →

Sometimes it seems impossible to hope.  In the face of the great forces that are at work fashioning new means of oppression and exploitation it seems like a fool’s errand to hold on to hope and to keep an optimistic outlook for the... More Info →

     “Rejoice in the Lord always.  I say it again:  rejoice!”  Today in our second reading, St. Paul is reminding us of the joyful hope that we have in the nearness of our Lord.  As Christmastide draws... More Info →

     On this Second Sunday of Advent our Gospel reading shares with us the news of an historical event that has taken place in the desert of Judea:  “the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in t... More Info →

     Today is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new liturgical cycle in Year C, the year in which we will follow closely the gospel of Luke.  Our gospel reading today is from the gospel of Luke and we... More Info →