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.
Today is the feast day of Saint Therese. When she was just fourteen years old at Christmas, she encountered Jesus in such a powerful way that it changed her life. She entered a convent at only 15 years old and began to live a simple life. She believed that whatContinue Reading
The first reading from this morning reminds us that spiritual battle is real. In it, we see the scene from the book of Revelation in which Michael leads the armies of God’s angels to fight the devil and his demons. I want to talk about Saint Michael, Gabriel, and RaphaelContinue Reading
Obedience. Obedience is a word that many people do not want to hear in the modern world. Yesterday, as my brothers and I were being ordained as Deacons, we knelt down before the Bishop and made a promise of obedience. Many people would balk at that. Being a Deacon thoughContinue Reading
A famous poet once wrote the following lines: “See the mountains kiss high heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth IfContinue Reading
Today I am going to start a series of videos called “Falling in Love with Jesus.” This past weekend I was on a silent retreat at Bellarmine in Barrington, Illinois. While we were there, I continually felt that God wanted me to show every person I know and meet howContinue Reading
On this day, we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Sometime around the 4th century, the mother of Emperor Constantine went to Jerusalem to find the holy places from Christs’ life. Legend had it that the temple of Aphrodite had been built directly over the tombContinue Reading
There is a story going around about a man who was trying to save a snake. A man saw a snake being burned to death and decided to take it out of the fire. When he did, the snake bit him. The bite caused excruciating pain, the man droppedContinue Reading