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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 baptism and he... More Info →

There was a television show a few years back 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... More Info →

    As we celebrate Christmas day for an octave (eight days) we continue to keep before us the mystery of the Incarnation.  We ponder with Mary the mystery of the Eternal Word made flesh in her womb... More Info →

   “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”  With these words from the letter of St. John to the... More Info →

This Third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday in which we celebrate the joy that we know is coming to us in the future when Jesus comes again in glory.  Joy is in our future!  There is an Advent that we are still waiting for when Jesus... More Info →

In the gospel of Luke, chapter 3, Luke reports to us the news of an historical event that has taken place in the desert of Judea:  “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and... More Info →

“What we call the beginning is often the end/And to make an end is to make a beginning./The end is where we start from.”(T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding, V, Four Quartets)  As T.S. Eliot explored in his classic poetic work, Four... More Info →

This final Sunday of our liturgical year we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King.  Our prayer in honor of Christ the King leads us to an understanding of our belief that Jesus is the Universal King who is given... More Info →

There is evil in the world.  We can’t pick up a newspaper and read what is going on around the world without being aware that there is truly evil at work in the world.  The evil that exists in the world will manifest itself in bad... More Info →

During his lifetime it seems that Jesus spent a lot of time at the temple in Jerusalem. As achild he went there with Mary and Joseph, as was their custom, on all of the great holydays, feasts and celebrations. While there he even engaged the... More Info →