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Discipleship can be difficult to grasp.  It can be like an old coat that doesn’t quite fit.  We can be quite convinced that it is our coat and that it should fit but we struggle to put it on.  Once we do struggle into it, it is not quite... More Info →

L. Frank Baum wrote a very popular children’s story titled, The Wizard of Oz, and in the story the characters are all searching for a personal treasure that will help them to realize the full meaning of their lives.  The various... More Info →

    “Those who are just must be kind…”  Throughout the Sacred Scripture we are reminded that God is both just and merciful.  When we consider the justice and mercy of God we might tend to think of them as two polar opposites.... More Info →

    Words are cheap.  So it seems to us too often in aworld full of words.  Everywhere we turn there are words that confront us.  Everyone has words that they want to share with us.  Often these words are... More Info →

 “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden... More Info →

    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 →