30 December 2019

Family Issues A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

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Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph     There’s a new Star Wars movie out, and I saw it opening night a little over a week...
21 December 2019

A Birthday and a Wedding

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Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)     When we think of Christmas as a celebration, we often think of it as a birthday cel...

St. Joseph: Our Model

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Fourth Sunday of Advent     In my nine years as a priest I have come to have a deeper devotion to St. Joseph.  While he’s quite popular ...
02 December 2019

Ways to Prepare for Christmas

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First Sunday of Advent     Probably the question people have asked me the most about my trip to Australia (other than the general, “how was ...
09 November 2019

Small Sacrificies Yield Large Results

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Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time     From time to time I see ads on TV and on the internet for ways to have a chiseled body, with we...
04 November 2019

The Grand Tour

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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time     George Jones, or as those of us who listen to classic country music know him, the Possum, had a ...
28 October 2019

Our Prayer Before God

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time     In days gone by, some Catholic churches used to have a pew tax.  You would pay money to get a parti...
21 October 2019

Praying to Win?

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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time     There is a story I heard once (and as the Irish say, don’t let the facts get in the way of a goo...
14 October 2019

The Mass and Gratitude

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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time    One of the cartoons I would watch growing up was “Scooby Doo.”  For those who aren’t very familiar...
07 October 2019

Where Do I Find God?

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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time     Where do you find God?  A lot of people will talk about finding God in nature.  Maybe you find Go...