I just "googled," and now I’m afraid to go outside…

Alright, I admit that I’ve been away from the blog world for a bit, but what have you people been up to? BusyMom sent me a link to check out some religious blogs, and after reading a few (especially the comments) I must admit: I am afraid.
But the Lord hates a coward, I’m [...]

4th Sunday of Lent 2007

4th Sunday of Lent – 2007
The Scribes and Pharisees criticized Jesus, because he ate with sinners. And so Jesus told them a story. A story that we hear dependent on our point of view.
Many look at it from the point of view of the youngest son – the prodigal – the one who [...]

Been Gone for Awhile…

it finally happened, the church gave me the boot. Well at least the school part of the Holy Roman Empire. Seems there was a power shift that accompanied the new bishop, and I definitely ended-up on the wrong side, with the wrong friends and very guilty of having attended the wrong schools. [...]

Homily for Holy Thursday, Christ the King, 2006

Holy Thursday, 2006
Tonight we begin the longest Liturgy of the church year. It begins tonight and continues through tomorrow and concludes with the Easter Vigil.This is the Easter Triduum -the holy three days. In this three day Liturgy, measured sundown to sundown,we celebrate one great event, our salvation, One Christ, through suffering and joy,through cross [...]

5th Sunday of Lent, Christ the King

5th Lent, Year B 2006
“Where is your heart, there is your treasure.” To paraphrase the great theologian Paul Tillich; what is in your heart is that which you treasure most, and what we treasure most is what we are destined to become.
It is absolutely the case that those things to which we give priority, [...]

Sorry, I’ve been away for a while.

Ash Wednesday Homily at Belmont University
I don’t believe that I truly understood Lent until my late 20’s.
I was raised in the catholic church of the 1960’s and 70’s. A time of severe schizophrenia for the Church. In the immediate wake of the Second Vatican Council, I was educated in a completely different way [...]

1st Sunday of Advent 2005

1st Advent, Year B
Today we sing a prayer that Emanuel will come to ransom us who live in lonely exile. With this song we plunge into the darkness of Advent, a time of restless longing, hopeful waiting, and joyous preparation described in our three readings. It is a time of vigil, for [...]

Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2005

Lent 5A John 11:1-45Few things in life hurt as deeply as the loss of a best friend. When your best friend dies too soon. Cancer, Heart attack, Car accident, many of us have lost a best friend and it can leave us devastated. The gospel story for today is [...]

4th Sunday of Lent (Year A)

4th Lent “A” #2A mother whose son was dying of AIDS asked me, “What did we do that God would do this to us?” The father of a 16-year-old mortally wounded in a drive by shooting in Chicago remarked, as his son lay dying on a bed in the hospital emergency room, “He just wouldn’t [...]

3rd Sunday of Lent (Year A)

3rd Lent “A”
I usually try to keep my homilies to just under five minutes, but the gospel today is about four times the normal length, in other words … I hope you are all comfortable.It is high noon when Jesus stops to rest by the well of Jacob. His revelation about life-giving water will soon [...]