14th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

I am writing this a few days after the slaughter in Orlando Florida. Our hearts are…

14th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Bible is filled with poetry, especially the Psalms, which are poetic prayers. Isaiah today is…

14th Sunday of the Year

I read this reflection in one of the homily books I read and I like it.…

14th Sunday of the Year

IT IS ALWAYS AN EXPERIENCE for people who are committed Christians to be living among people…

14th Sunday of the Year – I Come to Offer You Peace

Introduction “I have no peace.” It’s a confidence that, at a time of particular discomfort, more…

13th Sunday of the Year – Selling Out for the Lord

During the coming week, Bart Kovacic, Ron McIlveen, Heather Kuhlman, and I will accompany 9 of…

13th Sunday of the Year

PRE-PRAYERING I had the occasion recently to meet face-to-face four different persons of whom I had…

13th Sunday of the Year

A priest was invited by a couple to have a dinner with them together with their…

13th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Can you feel the shift and the rush in today’s gospel passage? Beginning with today’s passage…

13th Sunday of the Year

FOR SOME PEOPLE commitment and freedom seem quite incompatible. Yet today’s readings call for total commitment…