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 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
This morning I was walking to Church while praying a rosary, as I am wont to do. As I was praying the 5th joyful mystery, the finding of Jesus in the temple, I realized that many of us have fallen into a mindset that has stripped us of a greatContinue Reading
In today’s readings, we see Jesus speaking to a young man about what it takes to get to Heaven. The young man apparently has lived a devout life, following all of the commandments for as long as he can remember. He feels in his heart though that something is missingContinue Reading
Just a few moments before in scripture, though at least six days had passed by the written timeline, Jesus had been informing His disciples that He would have to go to Jerusalem to die. Peter had then rebuked the Lord, denying the plan. There we find this compelling and stingingContinue Reading