What follows are just a few random thoughts that popped into my aging brain as I scanned the news yesterday evening and this morning. Among...

Readings:  Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Psalm 113; Jn 15:9-17 Today we honor St. Matthias, apostle and martyr. We don't really know too muc...

I've been facilitating our parish's weekly Bible Study sessions -- one morning and one evening -- for over a dozen years. We now hav...

Early on Good Friday, as our dog, Maddie, and I were heading home from our morning walk, I noticed an osprey orbiting the neighborhood. Some...

Last weekend we completed the most sacred time of our liturgical year, a time when we recall God's saving act of love, the Passion, Deat...

I am always saddened when I hear Americans trash their homeland as if it were the worst country in the world. There seems to be a lot of thi...

Down Syndrome is a genetic condition typified by the presence of an extra (third) chromosome 21 in the body's cells. Its cause is still ...

Readings: Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52-56; John 8:31-42 ---------------------------- A few years ago I received a small package from...

I was once again honored to be asked to preach at this special Mass on Saturday, March 10. Several times during the year we celebrate a Mass...