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.
The internet age has brought forth the rise of the armchair warrior. During this time of the pandemic, we have seen an increase in this battalion of recliner combatants. Many think they are fighting the good fight, and maybe some are. If one were to cherry-pick a sentence from today’sContinue Reading
With everything going on, we all have questions. Each of us has missed an event in our lives, or in someone else’s lives, that makes us long for the time when we could gather freely. Graduations, weddings, college tours… all things we were expecting to be at or around. Mass. Continue Reading
“I hate you!” I remember exactly how I felt the first time I heard that from one of our girls. The sheer sense of failure that it evoked in me was always jarring. Whatever the cause of that statement, I immediately wanted to remedy it. I wanted to give in,Continue Reading
Today at the Cathedral, all of the Catechumens and Candidates of our diocese will be gathering together to be enrolled. Unless they decide not to, the Church intends to admit them to celebrate further the mysteries of the faith. The ceremony is called the Rite of Election and Call toContinue Reading
There is a prayer that we attribute to Saint Francis of Assisi that makes a few bold statements. In it, we ask not to be consoled, but to be channels of God’s grace to comfort, love, and understand others. That is a difficult thing to do. Just the other day,Continue Reading
Last night we had a bi-lingual service that set up the tone for Lent. With two sermons, one in English and one in Spanish, we saw the depth of God’s love for us. We also were reminded that conversion is not a superficial change, but one deep down inside ofContinue Reading