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.
There is a movie that I enjoy tremendously called the Forbidden Kingdom. In it, the young hero has traveled back in time to try to save the world. He doesn’t know Kung Fu, but he knows all about it from movies and games. While he is going through anContinue Reading
Peter and his fellow fishermen had been working all night. They had just finished fishing and were putting up their tackle. The men were cleaning and repairing it, getting ready to get some rest. Then comes along Jesus, who says go back where you were and start fishing again. It’sContinue Reading
In the Gospel for today, we see Jesus once again casting out demons and healing people who were sick. Then he does something interesting. He rebukes the demons who are trying to tell people who He is. He silences them and refuses to let them tell people He is theContinue Reading
There is a pretty hard sentence written by Saint Paul in his second epistle to the Thessalonians. He says that we should “shun any brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the Tradition.” So many people don’t want to take that sort of advice. Using theContinue Reading
There are many people out there who do not understand the reason we Catholics have a Pope, or even what the role of the Pope is in the Catholic Church. If you want to truly understand it, then reading today’s readings for Mass will make it abundantly clear. Let’s beginContinue Reading
In today’s Gospel, we see a parable about a vineyard owner who went out and hired men to work in his fields. As the day progressed he hired more and more, eventually going out with just an hour to go until sundown and hired even more. By Jewish law, theContinue Reading
Yesterday we heard the story of the rich young man and in today’s Gospel, we see Jesus saying it is nearly impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. It would be easy to think that Jesus condemned men with wealth, but that isn’t the case. WhyContinue Reading