Bulletins and Homilies

When we understand ‘WHAT’ Jesus did for us on the cross, we realize that the door to God's love is already open. How well do we Listen?                               How much do we hear? How does one…process the spoken and written word to weed out the chaff, decipher...

Each year, the First Sunday of Lent confronts us with the story of Jesus being tempted in the desert.  The biblical term “forty days” is a symbolic way of saying “a long time”.  In Mark’s gospel, the forty days Jesus spends in the desert is clearly a time of...

I was with a group of priest friends recently, and we were talking about birthdays.  During this conversation, I said rather nonchalantly, “My next BIG birthday will be 70.  I think that will be a difficult one, because I will have to face the fact that I only have...

  Rejoice in Hope, Endure in Affliction, Persevere in Prayer(Romans 12:12) When you support the Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries, you are supporting your parish and a myriad of ministries, programs, and other Catholic institutions that strengthen our community of...

The gospel scene we just heard is from chapter one of Mark’s gospel—and it is the very beginning of the ministry of Jesus.  You can feel the excitement this new preacher is generating.  Jesus goes off by himself for a while, and Simon pursues and finds him and...

When was the last time you were amazed by something?  It could be something beautiful in nature.  There have been some really brilliant sunrises and sunsets lately.  The whole sky has been orange or red on several occasions.  I’ve stopped just to take it all in a few...