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.
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
There were some cows that were being kept in the basement of a rich man’s home. One night the rich man threw a great party, inviting over all of his family and friends. The music drifted down from the dance floor to the basement where the cows stood chewing theirContinue Reading
One of the worst things we’ve done as Christians is making people think that to ask for help when you truly need it makes you a beggar, and somehow that beggars are bad. As a man who grew up in the south, the hardest thing for me was going onContinue Reading
When my wife and I began dating another friend of mine began to hang out with some people who didn’t like Julie much. We were already getting serious about one another. That friend, at some point, confronted me and said Hey you can date whoever you want, but don’t bringContinue Reading