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 am a people watcher. Not in a creepy way. I enjoy seeing what they are doing, and how they interact with one another. Whether I am in line at Walmart or sitting in my car at a red light, I find myself looking around and just experiencing the worldContinue Reading
I speak frequently about the need for Holy Silence. Moments in which we listen for God to speak to us instead of filling the air or our minds with our own petitions and desire. It’s time set aside to let God teach us, comfort us, and help us to understandContinue Reading
I speak frequently about the need for Holy Silent. Moments in which we listen for God to speak to us instead of filling the air or our minds with our own petitions and desire. It’s time set aside to let God teach us, comfort us, and help us to understandContinue Reading
There is a concept out there called a “Biblical Worldview.” It’s the idea that there is an objective moral truth and that truth is revealed in the Bible. So we view the world through the lens of the Scriptures and what is written in them, believing everything written to beContinue Reading
Love. I love pizza. I love doing the Wordle. I love the Big Bang Theory. I love my wife. We use that word a lot in our lives, don’t we? In English, we only have one word for love. We refer to the love between spouses with the same wordContinue Reading
The beginning of the Sacred Triduum always moves me, especially when the priest gets down on his knees and washes the feet of disciples. This reenactment of the mandate of our Lord from the Gospel reminds us of how we should be living our lives as Christians. “I have givenContinue Reading
Here on what has become known as “Spy Wednesday,” the church reminds us that Jesus’ suffering didn’t just begin with the physical pain at the scourging. The weight of the Garden of Gethsemane started earlier, and maybe one of the most challenging emotional scars is what we read of inContinue Reading