Sunday Reflection

Entitlement, Presumption and the Cost of Discipleship

Aug 19, 2016

A good place to begin today is a little discussion of the concept of entitlement. There are certain things that we are entitled to have.
The Assumption of Mary into heaven: United to her son, praying for us

Aug 11, 2016

I want to begin today by speaking about relics. What are relics? Usually, they are items that were part of the Lord’s life and death, such as relics of the true cross, or relics of saints, most often portions of the saints’ bodies.
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Waiting for what?

Aug 04, 2016

In his dramatic report of a 1996 ascent of Mount Everest, Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer describes the risks, discomfort and expense that some people are willing to endure in order to reach their goal.
18th Sunday of ordinari time: Success

Jul 28, 2016

The readings today begin with Ecclesiastes’ diatribe against those whose lives revolve around meaningless goals.
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ask and You Shall Receive

Jul 21, 2016

“I tell you, if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because o
Sixteenth Sunday: Life in the presence of Christ

Jul 15, 2016

In this Sunday’s second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, Paul speaks about a mystery, “a mystery that has been hidden for ages is now manifested to God’s Holy Ones. The mystery is this: Christ is in you.”
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Whose schedule really matters?

Jul 08, 2016

We cannot claim that we are doing something good if the major action of our Christianity is mere attendance in Church.
Fourteenth Sunday: Eat Something!

Jun 30, 2016

The readings for this Sunday begin with an image that is somewhat embarrassing in modern American society but perfectly natural in most other settings
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Selling out for the Lord

Jun 24, 2016

During the coming week, Bart Kovacic, Ron McIlveen, Heather Kuhlman and I will accompany 9 of our Teens to the Life Teen Leadership Conference at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, about forty minutes from Kansas City.
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Har Megiddo

Jun 17, 2016

John F. Kennedy was a wonderful, dynamic young man whom we all looked up to and admired.