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  There is a story that many are familiar with that has been made into a popular musical, West Side Story.  In this story there are two gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, that are caught up in a vicious cycle of hatred and violence.... More Info →

    We are witnesses of a lot of meanness and violence in our Cancel Culture today.  If someone disagrees with us then we set out to make that person suffer.  This meanness and violence was also present in the time of... More Info →

    Who is Jesus?  This question is just as relevant today as it was two thousand years ago when Jesus first asked the question of his disciples at Caesarea Philippi.  Is he just another religious figure among many religious... More Info →

We feel more comfortable in our own neighborhoods and around people we know and are familiar with.  Every summer when I go back to Kansas and celebrate mass I feel comfortable sharing the gospel with the people back there because so many of... More Info →

Our growth in the spiritual life begins with a process of purification.  If we are to live in the presence of God and cooperate with his Spirit and grace then we must undergo a process of transformation which begins with our... More Info →

Life is a mystery.  I think that most of us would agree with that simple statement.  We can spend our entire life trying to unlock that mystery and yet the full meaning and purpose of life eludes us.  The mystery of life is beyond... More Info →

These days you see it all.  It is amazing what people will do with the mortal remains of human beings.  More and more as priests we must spend our time speaking to families about the final disposition of the earthly remains... More Info →

    “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.”  St. Paul gets to the heart of our happiness in pointing out where so much of our misery comes from.  It comes from within ourselves.  It comes from our negativity, that evil... More Info →

    You have to put the past behind you.  That is where the past belongs, behind you.  It is a great temptation to look back on days gone by and think that the best of life lies in the past.  We think of the past... More Info →

Today in our gospel we see that Jesus and the apostles have a little economic crisis on their hands.  There is a vast number of people to feed and few resources with which to feed them.  In the Old Testament, Elisha the prophet faces... More Info →