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.
December 12th is a hard day for me. In 2007 I had my back surgery, placing in 6 feet of titanium rods with 26 screws drilled into my vertebrae. It is also the day we lost one of our children to a miscarriage. + Another time we had anContinue Reading
Just looking at the news today will show you a simple truth: we are broken. As a people, as a nation, as a political entity, as a community, and most definitely on an individual and personal level. The wounds are real even if not on a physical level. Hearts ache,Continue Reading
It had been ten years since I had been back to my roots, to the mountains of Virginia. We had planned it many times. Each time something happened. Two times I ended up in the hospital. Another time we had some unfortunate bills come up we didn’t expect. The basementContinue Reading
I get cantankerous when it comes to going on trips and when it comes to leaving the house really. I am a homebody for sure. It’s not that I don’t want to travel, I do. Everything that needs to be done, that can go wrong, the sheer number of peopleContinue Reading
This Sunday is the Feast of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. King of the Universe. It’s the end of our liturgical year, making next Sunday the beginning of Advent. We end one year by looking at the very purpose of Christianity, only to begin the next by asking for Christ toContinue Reading
We tend to approach things from the perspective of secular holidays these days, even to the point of almost having a retail calendar that dictates the season. Halloween is often not even begun before we begin to see Christmas and Thanksgiving decorations. As we approach Thanksgiving, we often forget thatContinue Reading
Last night my wife and I were invited to a wedding. When Julie’s family gets together, it’s always a blast. Not only are you surrounded by beautiful people, with interesting stories and lives; but there are also hundreds of them. Those of you who know me, know I’m not aContinue Reading