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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... More Info →

Washing nets.  How many times had Simon Peter and his companions taken their place on the seashore and took care of this tedious task?  Every day, after a long night of fishing, the nets needed to be washed and stowed properly.... More Info →

    Hero or zero?  As Jesus begins his public ministry, we find him in his hometown of Nazareth, reading from the scroll of Isaiah in sacred scripture on the Sabbath. Jesus proclaims the prophet’s words... More Info →

We live in a world of uncertainties.  There is so much that presents itself to us that leads us to doubt and uncertainty.  Our hearts long for a truth that we can place at the foundation of our lives and that will satisfy our yearning... More Info →

Spoiler alert!  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 be... 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 of... More Info →

    We are all seekers.  Deep in our hearts there is a longing for something great, beautiful, good and true.  God has placed a desire in our hearts for this “something more” in life.  Paul described this... More Info →

Today as we continue to celebrate the Nativity of Jesus Christ in this octave of Christmas we celebrate  the Feast of the Holy Family.  As we contemplate the mystery of the Holy Family we often speak of the “hidden” life of Jesus in... More Info →

    In the Nativity of Jesus, the Christ-child, God enters into life as a human person.  From the beginning, the Eternal Word was with God and “what came to be through him was life.”  Now that Eternal Word, God, becomes... 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... More Info →