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.
Many of you know I didn’t grow up around here. I grew up in the coalfields of Virginia, spending most of my early years running through the woods and climbing the hills. My father raised a small arbor of grapes, and I remember hiding under those leaves, stealing the sweetContinue Reading
In today’s readings, we hear this exciting line: Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what the will of God is, what is good and pleasing and perfect. While praying over these readings, I kept being drawnContinue Reading
A friend and I were talking about the movie “Evan Almighty.” In this movie, God has asked Evan to build an ark. Everyone thinks it’s silly and that he is crazy. His wife is at her wit’s end and is struggling with the whole idea. Sitting eating fish at aContinue Reading
When I was a younger man, my mother, and father began to foster children from broken homes to give them a new start. One of the young children who came to live with them had been severely neglected and abused. She would flinch when someone would move their arm aroundContinue Reading
As I was meditating on the gospel for today, the word dog, as it often does, struck me as harsh. The term used there is “κυναρίοις(kunariois),” which has more of the meaning of puppy. It still has that harsh sting since the Jewish people saw dogs and pigs as scavengers,Continue Reading
I watched a short video on TikTok by a fellow who debates people on what looks like a college campus about Jesus Christ. A young, angry student was shouting at him. “How convenient of you to use the Bible to argue for Jesus. Show me the doctor’s records. Show meContinue Reading
I have a friend who lives in Baltimore. He is more like a son than a friend. His ethnic heritage includes a heavy dose of Puerto Rican blood. One day he was talking about how tired he was of rice and how he had it at every meal. I mentionedContinue Reading