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The writings from the Book of Wisdom that we encounter in our first reading today show the development of faith and knowledge of God in the centuries before the birth of Jesus.  This journey of a greater knowledge and understanding of... More Info →

 We live in stormy times.  For as long as I can remember the Church has been going through one storm after another.  The seas of the world have not been calm for very long at any given stretch.  From the time... More Info →

Seeds planted – fruit harvested.  We live in a cyclical world.  As Qoheleth, the preacher says in Ecclesiastes, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.  A... More Info →

September 11, 2001 is a day that will be remembered by all who are old enough to have experienced the events of that day.  On the West Coast we woke up to an unthinkable, horrible scene that was being played over and over again by... More Info →

At this time in our culture it seems that there is a “crisis of commitment” building.  It seems that more and more young people are having difficulty committing themselves to a life path and making a decision for... More Info →

I love to watch small children enter the church, dip their hands into the font that contains the waters of their baptism and bless themselves with that first rule of faith that has been handed down to us from the apostles and that was contained... More Info →

The Feast of Pentecost celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out upon the Church through the apostles.  Jesus instructed his apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the outpouring of the Spirit.  The entire ministry of the... More Info →

One thing that I have learned over the years in visiting Kansas during the summer is that if you step out into a pasture where there are cattle, you stand a very good chance of stepping in something that is not so pleasant.  There is a... More Info →

The journey to God is always and necessarily a journey of love. We cannot come to a knowledge of God without first loving God and then practicing that love in our neighbor. “Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.”(1Jn 4,8)... More Info →

     This Sunday is celebrated as Good Shepherd Sunday in the Church and is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd who comes to shepherd his people in love.  The love of the... More Info →