Brian Mullins is a permanent deacon in the Rockford Diocese who has been assigned by his Bishop to Saint Catherine of Genoa Parish in Genoa, Illinois.
In the first reading, Saint Paul tells the Corinthians: “If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it!” Often we think of that as an “I’m going toContinue Reading
I want to spend just a moment this morning focusing on the book of Hebrews. It can be a challenging book to understand because it’s a treatise, a document attempting to mount the Christian philosophy’s “legal defense.” The author of Hebrews makes his closing argument in these verses, givingContinue Reading
We are lucky here. In our towns, our homes, especially in the United States, we have access to so many wonderful things. Clean water, food, and most importantly to the Sacraments, daily if we so choose. The Pandemic has reminded us how fragile that is. How easy it isContinue Reading
Today’s Gospel is a continuation of the one from yesterday’s Mass. Jesus reminds His disciples that we shouldn’t take the knowledge of who Jesus is, place it under a basket and hide it; we let that light shine for the whole world to see. He did not mean forContinue Reading
An old Jewish saying says that when it comes to students of a rabbi, they come in four flavors: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge soaks up everything he hears, the good and the bad. The funnel takes it in one end and letsContinue Reading
My good friend Alaisa Kingston Emmens is a personal trainer. She talks a lot about water’s importance in our lives, especially our bodies’ health. It can be daunting, though, to try to get in enough water. I think it’s essential to incorporate the spiritual aspect of it in our livesContinue Reading
Yesterday much of the nation watched as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oath of office. Among a star-studded cast of musicians and well-spoken writers, we found politicians calling for unity and a cease to violence. All of these are good things. There is aContinue Reading