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.
Where are we today? Some of us have jumped in with both feet, maybe even setting goals that are unrealistic and are going to lead us to fail. Others have set goals that do change them at all. Both priests last night joked about chocolate and beer. How can weContinue Reading
In the 33 Days to Morning Glory retreat, Father Michael Gaitley talks about giving to Jesus, through Mary, all the graces that might be attached to anything we might have done. That means that when I pray I don’t pray for my intention alone, but I pray with theContinue Reading
I might be about to step on some toes. Maybe it’s time I did that. Why? Today’s first reading is all about integrity. If you shake the sieve long enough, the chaff will come to the top and be exposed for what it is. When you put a pot inContinue Reading
The story of gradual healing in the Gospel for today is a reminder to us as well that faith is an ongoing process. It doesn’t end with just a prayer and life goes right back to the way it was, it involves the heart and the mind. The village ofContinue Reading
There is a saying that I hear often: “don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.” In our society today we seem to do just that. Politically we reduce a person to a meme and that alone discredits everything they are saying or doing. No one seems to lookContinue Reading
In today’s first reading we see the familiar story of Cain and Abel. Two young men who both offer up a sacrifice to God, one which God finds pleasing, and another which we did not. It wasn’t that Cain offered something bad, he offered from what he was in chargeContinue Reading
In the second reading for today, St. Paul reminds us that if Jesus is not raised from the dead, then we are the “most pitiable of all people.” He is right. If Jesus is not raised from the dead? Then we also have no hope in our faith. However, ifContinue Reading