I hope all of you are still feeling the great joy of Easter. After the wonderful and powerful liturgies of the Holy Triduum, it was nice tohave some family time and I ended up stopping at a friends on my … Continue reading →

He has Risen!! Happy Easter to you all. This past week has been like the “World Series for Priests”, multiple large liturgies back-to-back. It is a very busy time of year, yet also a very wonderful one. I pray you … Continue reading →

This week we are celebrating Palm Sunday; this is the beginning of one of the Holiest weeks of the year. We will hear an extra Gospel atthe beginning of the Masses this weekend and Bless the Palms. How quickly that … Continue reading →

I want to take a moment to say Thank You to all of you who were/are praying for me during this time. My understanding is that my sur-gery went very well. I was out for the surgery, Thank God, but … Continue reading →

This weekend is Laetare Sunday, you will notice by the bright ROSE vestment. Laetare is Latin for ‘Rejoice’ it is kind of like we havereached that halfway point of Lent (it’s really a little more than halfway if you are … Continue reading →

We hear in the first reading today about keeping the Sabbath holy, and the 10 commandments. I recently spoke about working withsomeone preparing for confession after a long time away. One of the things was not to take the 10 … Continue reading →

This weekend brings us up a mountain for the Transfiguration. I clearly remember that trip up to the Church of the Transfiguration on MountTabor in Israel. I am sure you do too if you have been there. There are about … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →