For 15 or 16 years I've facilitated our parish Bible Study and must admit, it's been a joyful experience. But because of this pesky,...

  Readings: Gn 22:1-2,9-13,15-18;Ps 116; Rom 8:31-34; Mk 9:2-10 --------------------------- Not long ago I thought my wife’s hearing might...

Readings: Jas 3:13-18; Psalm 122; John 14:23-29 Listening to St. James is always a bit of an awakening. He certainly didn’t pull any punch...

Struggling as so many are, dealing month after month with pandemic restrictions and separation from others, I thought perhaps we all needed ...

Once again, it’s back to the Gospel. This time we’ll take a look at one of Jesus’ Kingdom of Heaven parables in the Gospel According to Matt...

Yesterday I was asked by our local Marian Servants of the Word Incarnate to give a brief reflection during their online Zoom meeting. My ref...

Readings: Gn 1:1-19 • Ps 104 • Mk 6:53-56 ____________________ I was all grumbly for a few weeks because they ran out of vaccine and cance...

I could go on and on writing about Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago and its remarkable blend of the historical and the prophetic, b...