Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side. With your rod and your staff that give me courage. From time to time, I have shared stories about my experiences with Catholic Scouting. Some of you know that I often spend part of the...
In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses According to the United Nations, the world has entered a dire era of “global water bankruptcy” where approximately 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. This...
He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design. Don’t you just wish you could make yourself a better person? If you work hard enough, we are told we can achieve anything. Yet despite our best efforts, we fall short...
A clean heart create for me, O God. Lent comes to us again with a necessary wake up call. That call is to greater self-awareness of the way in which I live my life and the preparedness of my soul for the gift of salvation. In Lent, we come to realize that no matter...
“We speak God’s wisdom” It is the mission of the church and the Lord’s disciples to continue the mandate of St. Paul in today’s reading from 1 Corinthians. We know that, especially today, we must not only speak God’s wisdom but speak it wisely, well and with...
Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Taken from today’s first reading, this quote from the prophet Isaiah is fitting, as I conclude...
