1st Sunday of Lent – February 18th, 2024
Welcome to the 1st full week of Lent. How are those Lenten disciplines going? I often think we can learn a lot about ourselves the first week of Lent such as when we give something up and it is not … Continue reading →
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time – February 11th, 2024
This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. Does it not feel like we just celebrated Christmas? And here we are now entering Lent. I will never get used to the passage of time. This last week has been a busy one … Continue reading →
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time – February 4th, 2024
Often, I have heard sports cars advertised as going from 0- 60 in (how many seconds). Sometimes this can be like the life of a priest. What looks like a slow week can change very fast. What looks like a … Continue reading →
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – January 28th, 2024
Recently I saw something on Facebook that caught my attention. It was a painting of St Paul and the meme said, “If Paul saw the Church in America today, would we be getting a letter” Our Church, Our Nation, and … Continue reading →
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – January 21st, 2024
I hope you all have survived the cold this last week. It is looking like this week we will see some 30’s. ABOVE zero that is. Only in Minnesota can the same degree feel so different, depending on what we … Continue reading →
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – January 14th, 2024
Just recently, I believe in a daily Mass homily, I mentioned that when I was discerning priesthood, I went on a “Come and See” retreat. It was loosely based on the Gospel we hear this weekend. The two Disciples are … Continue reading →
Epiphany of the Lord – January 7th, 2024
This last weekend I received a phone call telling me that the person had received a message from me, they did not think it was real. Itwas not. This has happened a couple of times before. I announced at Masses … Continue reading →
The Holy Family – December 31st, 2023
Happy New Year! This time of year has a two part focus for many of us. One side of it, we tend to look back at 2023, at all that has happened in our world, or in our families, people … Continue reading →
4th Sunday of Advent – December 24, 2023
Merry Christmas to you all!!! Many in our society have pushed for “Happy Holidays” rather than Merry Christmas, to be more inclusiveto other faiths, some of which have their own celebrations at this time of year. I still say Merry … Continue reading →
3rd Sunday of Advent – December 17, 2023
On this the 3rd Sunday of Advent, the Church gives the option of wearing Rose colored vestments. “The Third Sunday of Advent is tradi-tionally known as Gaudete Sunday, so called from the first word of the antiphon at the Introit, … Continue reading →