[Note: a video of this homily is available online at this link: Homily: 29 Sunday-A ] Readings: Is 45: 1,4-6; Ps 96; 1 Thes 1:1-5; Mt 22:15-...

Readings: Is 55:6-9; Psalm 145; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a ; Mt 20: 1-16a _______________________ Have you ever been treated unfairly? I guess mos...

Earlier this week, as I wrapped up a mini-course on Ecclesiology, I showed the participants a half-hour film from EWTN, The Prophet of Lake ...

Another semi-quiet day. Diane resting on the couch while I just relax — good for both of us.  She’s been home for less than a week from alm...

  Thought into Being I shave my face. The stubble there carries me to  the scratch of life. Just simple things: to touch and taste, to know ...

I don’t often comment, at least not overtly, on politics. I suppose it’s a deacon thing: best not to speak too often about secular subjects ...

I know...it's been a while. But I've been a caregiver (a very small pat on the back) as Dear Diane makes her way through a difficult...

This morning I’m sitting, far too comfortably in my living room here in the great state of Florida, watching the remarkable July 4th events ...