April 23, 2023 Today’s message from the Holy Spirit and Jesus is simple, profound and reassuring. That he walks with us and will appear to us, from time to time, when we are with others, when we are just walking along in life and not expecting him to happen by. We are accustomed to findContinue reading “III Sunday of Easter: Jesus, Help me to appreciate everyone I meet”
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Good Friday: God walks with us
April 7, 2023 Today’s story of the Passion describes Jesus as “knowing everything that was going to happen to him.” Sometimes, we receive insights and premonitions about the future as well. Is it better to know or not? Christian spirituality over the centuries suggests that we put everything into God’s heart and hands, and weContinue reading “Good Friday: God walks with us”
V Sunday of Lent: “There is more to life! Come out of the tomb.”
March 26, 2023 A few minutes ago, in the prayer that opened our time together today, we prayed to be unbound and set free (not to be twisted in spiritual and personal knots). The old burial customs of the ancient peoples wrapped our bodies in strips of cloth. There were no such things as caskets. Continue reading “V Sunday of Lent: “There is more to life! Come out of the tomb.””
Lent II: Just Listen
March 5, 2023 You can now switch back and forth, driving up to what is called the Mount of the Transfiguration (Southern Galilee) where a 1924 Church recalls the moment of today’s story: Up in 10 minutes by van, it took Jesus and his disciples several hours to climb its 1800 feet. What happened there?Continue reading “Lent II: Just Listen”
February 5, 2023: Your light must shine before others
We cannot get away from God, because as a very fundamental experience of being and existing, God exists in each one of us, as a fundamental human incarnation. As I have said often, if God does not exist in us, we cease to exist. St. Paul described this so well when he spoke and debatedContinue reading “February 5, 2023: Your light must shine before others”
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus invites us after a shockwave to put our ingenuity to work, to walk through positive possibilities with the help of others who will appear
9/18/22 We have to work. We need a job that is fair and pays well. We need money. We need a career which fulfills our life. We need relationships that complement and fulfill ourselves as human beings. We need values. We set priorities. We need our families and our human relationships. We need to beContinue reading “28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus invites us after a shockwave to put our ingenuity to work, to walk through positive possibilities with the help of others who will appear”
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Tame our ego, look for the truth, have some personal discipline and invite God to help
September 11, 2022 As a younger child, I used to go to “confession” every Saturday night, and I repeated the same sins of fighting with my brothers and sister and disobeying my parents – for years. I did not substitute a molten calf for Jesus in the blessed sacrament. I was not a “stiff neckedContinue reading “24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Tame our ego, look for the truth, have some personal discipline and invite God to help”
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Thoughts on Humility
August 28, 2022 One of the things that I find most difficult to do as a priest is to sit at a head table or at “the” most special seat of honor. I understand “the special seat” as a sign of love and affection and that it is a sign of thanks and admiration. WhileContinue reading “22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Thoughts on Humility“
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heaven is God’s Gift to Us
August 21, 2022 The first thing/idea that strikes my attention is the question that someone asked Jesus. Maybe it was the Gospel writer or maybe the Gospel writer had heard the question asked many times: “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Hmmm, I thought to myself: I went back several Sundays – questions? Jesus’Continue reading “18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heaven is God’s Gift to Us”
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Reflections on Hospitality
July 17, 2022 Last year, the US hospitality industry generated 206 billion dollars. The industry provides lodging, food, and entertainment. The word “hospitality” means to “serve a guest,” and we do this by being hospitable and gracious. We can do it in love and with grace. Our scriptures today want us to understand the importanceContinue reading “16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Reflections on Hospitality“
Harvest and Hope 