As many of you know, I began my walk in life not as a Catholic but as a Baptist. During those early years as a Christian I went through several different churches. All along I would call myself baptist, but I attended a Church of God, a Pentecostal church,Continue Reading
This mornings first reading is an ancient canticle of praise and hope for God’s mercy. As a young man growing up in a protestant church I had never been aware of these songs. That is simply because they are no longer in most protestant bibles. If they are, they areContinue Reading
I can remember going out to my grandfather’s house and walking around in the wood working shop with my dad, uncle, and granddad. There were so many interesting machines with all these different blades, knobs, and pulleys. The smell of fresh varnish, the warmth of recently cut oak, theContinue Reading
There is this strange thing about us humans, probably because of our concupiscence, that makes us always be unsatisfied with just about everything. We see someone else getting something we want, or doing something we normally would do, and we criticize or gripe and complain. It makes theContinue Reading
I think that the doctrine of hell can only be understood by having the doctrine of love. There is a story that is circulating the internet that claims that Albert Einstein once argued that evil was not something that was created, but that it was the lack of something else.Continue Reading
In today’s readings we see the familiar story of the prodigal son. It’s something we hear every year and often is the subject of many retreats and reflections. It’s a great parable, as are all of Jesus’ wonderful metaphors and analogies. I’ve put myself in the returningContinue Reading
Rock bottom. That place that we never think we will hit. It seems so far away with it’s infinite depth in our minds. Yet, at some point most of us find it. It is that point where what we thought we would never even think aboutContinue Reading