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     Most people in our parish know that I was born in southwest Kansas, the heart of the wheat growing region in the Midwest.  Wheat farming was developed in the Near East around the area of the Holy Land where Jesus... 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... More Info →

     Some 30 years ago I set out on a new path of life.  I received in my heart an invitation to become a priest of Jesus Christ and to be a steward or servant of the mysteries of divine and eternal life.  This call... More Info →

     In 1978, St. Pope John Paul II was elected to lead the Church as the new Pope, our Holy Father, and his first words to the Church were, “Do not be afraid!  Open wide the doors to Christ.”  If we are to live... More Info →

The world is often not a pretty place.  Too often it seems like a beautiful mural of life that has been hit by vandals and graffiti now hides the original beauty and intent of the artist.  Jesus is the artist that gazes out at the... More Info →

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

     God knows.  This is a simple truth 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 mystery... More Info →

     Try taking something away from a child and see how that works.  None of us like to have something taken away from us.  When we have become especially attached to something it becomes even more difficult to let... More Info →

     In an appearance to the apostles after the resurrection, Jesus turns to Simon Peter and asks him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” (Jn 21,15)  Simon takes this as a simple question and so offers... More Info →