Sunday Reflection

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  Solemnity of All Saints: Heroes

  Oct 29, 2015

  Sports are a big part of our culture here, as well as in many other parts of the world. I was raised following the latest achievements of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.

  
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  Thirtieth sunday in ordinary time: A practical guide to understanding the priesthood

  Oct 21, 2015

  This week I would like to concentrate on the second reading, which I would call the Practical Guide to Understanding the Priesthood.

  
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  Twenty-ninth sunday in ordinary time: Authority and Service

  Oct 14, 2015

  James and John wanted authority. They wanted to sit at the right hand and left hand of Jesus when the Kingdom of God was established on earth.

  
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  Twenty-eighth sunday in ordinary time: What do we need?

  Oct 07, 2015

  How sad! The man had the wonders of the Lord right there in front of him. He could have become one of the Lord's closest disciples.

  
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  The sacrament of matrimony

  Oct 01, 2015

  Recently, I attended a meeting about Catholic marriage that began by noting that, over the last seven years, there has been a significant decline in Catholic marriages, almost by 25 per cent.

  

• The spirit fills all the people of God

  Sep 24, 2015

  When I was in the college seminary, ages ago, one of my philosophy teachers assigned a term paper based on the major work of a philosopher of his choosing.

  

• Twenty-fifth sunday in ordinary time: The problem with getting your “props”

  Sep 17, 2015

  Getting your props is a slang expression that basically means getting the respect you deserve.

  

• Twenty-fourth sunday in ordinary time: Which Peter are we?

  Sep 11, 2015

  This Sunday’s Gospel reading is familiar, but it seems to be missing some verses. We hear Jesus asking his disciples: “Who do people say I am.” We hear Peter’s answer, “You are the Christ,” but then Jesus moves on to speak about how he would suffer greatly.

  

• Listen and proclaim the good news

  Sep 04, 2015

  He put his fingers into the man's ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." And the man's ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

  

• Twenty-second sunday in ordinary time: Living a simple faith

  Aug 26, 2015

  The Youth Group meeting was going in the wrong direction. It was many years ago, in another parish, way before Life Teen. The structure would be a talk, followed by a sharing among the Teens