Happy Easter!!  Easter’s not just a one-day affair, the resurrection is so essential that we celebrate for 50 days! This gives us time to reflect on our Lenten experience and incorporate new insights, just like the Early Church reflects on how they will follow the gospel of Jesus after he is resurrected.  I work in…

Welcome to the 5th Sunday of Lent.  We’re getting close to the end!  We have Palm Sunday next weekend and Holy Week festivities begin.  Today, Lazarus is restored to life after FOUR days in a tomb.  Let’s look at how Jesus, as the SOURCE of new life, uses this moment to teach Martha and Mary,…

What’s on your “Bucket List?”  You might remember the movie, where Morgan Freedman plays a man with a chronic illness and Jack Nicolson is a wealthy executive. They fly around the world together fulfilling bucket list items.  The purpose of the bucket list is to look at the BIG PICTURE of our lives and identify…

Today was established by Pope Francis as the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. As we remember the Joachim and Anne the grandparents of Jesus this week, we ask for blessings on all our grandparents and seniors. In today’s gospel Jesus goes to a certain place to pray. He seems to know the secret…

Happy 4th of July Weekend!  Welcome to all our visitors.  This weekend we celebrate the courage of our forefathers in creating a new republic and a new way of life.   Applying this to our spiritual lives, we look at how we, in St. Paul’s words, “Become a new creation.”   I’d like to start with a…

Today is Trinity Sunday. I have much more to tell you but you cannot bear it now.”  God had big plans for the disciples, just like he has for us, but Jesus knows when his followers need some time to get up to speed.  Today’s readings emphasize wisdom, especially the wisdom of God’s will for…

Today’s first reading comes from the Acts of the Apostles. The beauty of this book is thefocus on action, inspired by direct contact with Jesus. It is through these acts of faith,courage, and love that we have the worldwide church as we know it today. Each of us has a responsibility to continue this mission…

Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Lent, we are about 20 days into the season or roughly at halftime. This is when we go back to the locker room andconsider what’s working and what’s not and how to approach the secondhalf. Today’s readings gives us powerful spiritual fuel as they talk about how God sees…

Today is the first Sunday of Lent.  We’re 3 to 4 days into Lent and some of you, like me, are still be thinking, how do I make this Lent more meaningful?  Let’s look at Noah and his voyage in the ark and see if he can help spark a new spiritual journey in us…

Maybe today’s Baptism of the Lord can kickoff a baptism of our nation and help to move us in a new direction.  I’ll start with a full disclosure, I’m a big fan of St. John the Baptist and he plays a big role in the baptism of Jesus which we celebrate today.  John’s life is…