25 June 2018

Celebrating Birthdays

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Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist In our own times, birthdays are big deals.  Everybody I know celebrates birthdays, or ...
12 June 2018

These Aren't My Pants

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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Probably the weirdest thing I’ve heard working with law enforcement, is when we had a driver out of a c...
04 June 2018

How to Receive Jesus

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Solemnity of Corpus Christi Arguably the most popular topic for renaissance painters was the Madonna and Child.  There are more painting...
14 May 2018

Our Hope in Christ, Assisted by Mary

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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord This past Thursday I buried a brother; not a biological brother, but a brother priest.  Fr. Tom ...
06 May 2018

"Love is in the Air"

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Sixth Sunday of Easter      So clearly, St. John is focusing on love this weekend.  Our second reading, from the first Letter of St. John, ...
30 April 2018

It's About the Yes

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Fifth Sunday of Easter It’s a sad reality that talk is often cheap.  This is not universal, but is especially true in our Western cultur...
23 April 2018

Unexpected Pastures

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Fourth Sunday of Easter This Sunday of Easter is called Good Shepherd Sunday, and it’s not hard to understand why: our Gospel today come...
26 March 2018

Jesus is Alive!

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Easter Vigil & Easter Sunday The thought had crossed my mind, but apparently someone put up a billboard on 23 that says something li...

The Power of the Cross

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Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Baseball season is upon us.  Yesterday was supposed to be opening day for the Detroit Tigers, the 1...

The Greatest Story Ever Told

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Mass of the Lord’s Supper One of my major complaints about movies today is that Hollywood no longer knows how to tell a new story.  Many...