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Sometimes you have to ask the big questions like, “What is the meaning of life?”  Of course, when you ask those questions then people just scoff at you because they think that the big questions are beyond our capacity to address and that there... More Info →

There is a lot of ugliness in our world today.  We are daily witnesses of this ugliness that casts a shadow on our world.  This ugliness comes from the violence of those who want to change the world and re-create it to fit their own conception... More Info →

The mystery of the Ascension is a hard mystery for us to understand in this life.  We are so rooted in time and space that it is hard for us to think of presence in any way other than in time and space.  We conceive of the mystery of the... 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.”(1J... More Info →

Years ago there was a song, now a “golden oldie,” that spoke about a “ramblin’ man” who traveled all over the country looking for life and love.  The song, “Please Come to Boston,” by Dave Loggins, tells the story of this rambling man who... More Info →

This morning of Good Shepherd Sunday, I was reading a review in the newspaper about an exhibit at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park (in San Diego) entitled, “7 billion Others.”  The exhibit consists of photographs of faces of people... More Info →

This Sunday is “Good Shepherd Sunday” in the Church and also marks the 52nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations in the Church.  Good Shepherd Sunday is the patronal feast day of our parish here at Good Shepherd and I am grateful to God and to... More Info →

The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes, states, “Sacred Scripture teaches the human family what the experience of the ages confirms: that while human progress is a great advantage to man, it brings with it a... More Info →

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.  Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.  He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord... More Info →

So often we look down upon our world.  It is easy to do.  When we daily hear of the great suffering that is inflicted upon people all over the world, the killings, the massive poverty, the human rights violations, all of these events cast a dark... More Info →