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  It is pretty well known, especially among priests, that Pope Francis believes that a priest should “live with the smell of the sheep.”  The Pope feels that a good priest, as a good shepherd, should smell like his sheep.  I... More Info →

There is a humorous teaching story about a drowning man that I think you have probably heard told a time or two:  A fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood. He was praying to God for help.  Soon a man in a rowboat came by and... More Info →

In the movie, “The Godfather,” after the violent death of his son Sonny Corleone, Don Vito Corleone is looking at his son in the mortuary and he says, “Look at how they massacred my boy.”  He draws attention to the wounded... More Info →

Jesus Christ is risen!  He is risen indeed!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Today on this most sacred day of the year we proclaim the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death.  The tomb is emptied of its power to cause fear and... More Info →

With the procession of palms and the reading of the Passion we begin the journey of Holy Week.  Holy Week is a time for us to contemplate the Passion of our Lord as he comes to Jerusalem to offer himself as the Paschal Lamb of sacrifice, a... More Info →

Why do bad things happen to us?  Why sickness?  Why death?  Often we grapple with these very real human problems.  We want to have an answer.  Often our answer is one like the apostles who thought that the man born blind... More Info →

    From the opening prologue of the gospel of John, the evangelist introduces the theme of light and darkness.  The Word of God becomes flesh and makes the life of God visible to us all through his human life and appearance.... More Info →

The woman that Jesus meets at Jacob’s well at Sychar has lived for a long time on well water.  Now I have never had to live on water drawn from a public well but I would imagine that with all sorts of people using that... More Info →

Life is life.  Is is what it is.  We just have to settle for what is given to us.  Just okay is okay.  We have to accept whatever life throws at us.  Too often we settle into a mediocrity in life.  We survive and... More Info →

   “Hey, you clean up pretty nice!”  We have all heard that comment made at one time or another and perhaps we ourselves have made a similar observation about someone at some time in our lives.  When someone gets cleaned up... More Info →