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Professional baseball has a trade deadline late in the season.  Often teams that are making a run for the playoffs will make a last minute trade for a player that can help their chances to make the playoffs.  Imagine if you were a... More Info →

We all go through times when it seems like everything is falling apart.  The things that we considered to be certainties in life suddenly change and leave us disoriented and confused.  The world we once knew changes and becomes a... More Info →

As we approach the end of our liturgical year, the scriptures that we are given to meditate on at mass turn us towards the end of time and the coming of Christ the King.  These meditations take on an “eschatological” flavor and... More Info →

How far will our Lord go to save a single soul?  There are billions and billions of souls that have been given existence, does our Lord truly care for each and every individual soul?  Would God, a loving Father, who created all persons... More Info →

   I am sure that all of us at one time or another in our prayer life have wondered whether or not God is listening to our prayer.  As we lift up our hearts, our needs, our praises and our whole lives to God we may for a moment... More Info →

I recently received an email from a priest friend from seminary and at the bottom of his message there was a quotation from St. Philo of Alexandria that read:  “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”  This gentle... More Info →

   The most precious treasure in the world, the most dynamic power the world has ever known came to us over 2000 years ago as a gift given to the world.  That gift was sent to all peoples of the world and it is freely given to... More Info →

   “Show me the money!”  This often quoted line from the movie, Jerry Maguire, could well be the slogan of our material world.  We want to see the money.  We want some proof.  We expect some sort of guarantee.... More Info →

    It is not my problem.  Certainly if we have any degree of awareness at all we can all agree that there are many problems in our world today.  There is a tremendous amount of suffering caused in a large part by our human... More Info →

In the gospel of Luke, chapter 15, Jesus tells his disciples three parables about things that are lost and found and the joy that is experienced when what was once lost is found and returned to the one to whom it rightfully belongs.  In the... More Info →