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.
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you thatContinue Reading
I have been spending the last few days in contemplation about my walk with God. I have been encouraged by a few online friends that I shouldn’t talk about sin, simply show love and draw people to Christ with that. I am not sure I can or will do that.Continue Reading
One of the more interesting concepts that we learn from Judaism is the todah sacrifice. You see there were many different types of sacrifice but the todah is one that we will all recognize very quickly as Christians. The todah was a sacrifice offered in recognition of God delivering someoneContinue Reading
We have to be careful what we say, because the tongue is a terrible beast to tame. Do we often consider what we say and who we are talking to? Jame said, “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corruptsContinue Reading
Baptism by fire. It is a topic that has brought a lot of thought and discussion over the years. The book of acts indicates that when the apostles where baptized with fire, they literally saw tongues of flame resting on each other. Then they went out speaking tongues, that isContinue Reading
Wheat or Tare Though darkness may attempt to consume meThe light of day always comes throughFrom the fruit of the forbidden treeCame pain that no man could subdue Independent thought came the call Of spilt blood against the handHidden, but not secret the fallAs it resounded through the land WanderingContinue Reading
There is a story in the book of Tobit that a dear friend of mine wrote about in his blog. Fr. Tim wrote about how Tobit’s wife Anna received a goat for her work, kind of a bonus for doing a good job. Tobit however had recently slept in anContinue Reading