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.
Fitting in seems to be a preoccupation for people today. Wearing the right clothes, driving the right car, listening to the right music. I overheard a young woman tell her friend that if she drove a specific kind of car she’d never ride with her again. Another person turned theirContinue Reading
Many years ago, before my conversion, I was constantly worried about the future. When I saw the book of revelations I saw it as an omen, a warning, a portent that proclaimed that pain and despair were coming. It’s so easy to get caught up in worry. The news continuesContinue Reading
A few years back I was privileged to attend the ordination of Bishop Malloy in Rockford. It’s an interesting thing to think that this country boy who grew up in a heavily baptist part of the Appalachian Mountains would one day find himself sitting in a stadium full of thousandsContinue Reading
In today’s first reading we see exactly why we Catholics believe the Scriptures proclaim a preferential option for the poor. We who live in relative comfort and ease often forget exactly how difficult it is for others to exist. When one comes from a home with both parents, never worriesContinue Reading
My daughter was excited yesterday to tell me about a new movie coming out. The movie is called Harriet and is about Harriet Tubman, a woman whose courage and bravery should be a story we are all familiar with. Most of us have no idea what slavery is like. WeContinue Reading
There is a phenomenon for amputees where they experience phantom pain. Even though they no longer have the limb or body part that was injured or removed, they experience sensations as if they were still there. In today’s first reading, we are reminded that although we have been freed fromContinue Reading
In the letter to the Romans today we see a well laid out argument for the flow of God’s grace into the world. For me, though, it hints at something that has to do with original sin. According to the Sacred Scriptures, mankind once walked in the garden of God’sContinue Reading