Oct
31
Happy Harvest Day!
October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m looking through my little girl’s school materials for today and came across a note that her class is having a “Harvest Party” - that’s right, not a “Halloween Party” but a “Harvest Party”.
I now know why the number of kids coming to our door seems to pale in comparison to the number that always [...]
Oct
30
The Hope of the Marital Mustard Seed
October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
My wife and I are two months away from our 10th Anniversary.
We love each other - it’s that plain and simple. We have thankfully never questioned our marital future - we’ve never doubted that we will grow old together.
But our generation has been conditioned to believe that marriage is antiquated and that marital unions are bound [...]
Oct
29
A Clouded Mind
October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
What can cloud a person’s mind so much that they say and believe utter nonsense?
For me, I’m sitting here still trying to digest the Bengals’ loss to the Steelers - yet again (we haven’t beaten the Steelers at home since 2002 - jeez!). Do I believe the utter nonsense that my Bengals will ever be consistently good? Is my [...]
Oct
28
Running the Race Well
October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
There comes a point in any endurance race when you want to give up - and you find a way to push through. And then when you cross the finish line, the feeling is as glorious as anything you could ever hope to experience.
As a runner, today’s 2nd Reading is one of my favorites among all of St. Paul’s writings (2 [...]
Oct
27
We’re Under Attack - So What?
October 27, 2007 | 1 Comment
Are Catholics under attack? If so, does it matter?
Deacon Keith A. Fournier has an interesting column on Catholic.org - “Anti-Catholicism on the Rise - We Must Stand Firm.”
A great deal of what he said is true - Catholicism and Catholics are being attacked, mocked and joked about at every turn. The “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” sacrilege in [...]
Oct
26
Predicting the Future
October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
We’re good at predicting things - knee hurts, it’s going to rain; wife stops talking, she’s growing steamed about something; Microsoft reports good earnings, the stock market is going to rise; sun comes up, the Reds are going to lose.
And there are other things we can predict but may not want to recognize about our future that are impacted [...]
Oct
25
“Rouse Him at the Name of Crispian”
October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Sometimes, you gotta wonder about the timing of God’s messages - the gospel for today (Luke 12:49-53) has Christ exhorting us that “I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!”
In any case, I think it’s best to just leave this gospel alone considering the events of this week.
Instead, I want [...]
Oct
24
What Would You Take With You?
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
When I looked ahead to today’s gospel reading (Luke 12: 39-48), I couldn’t help but think of the possibilities of what I could write on the theme of Christ teaching that ”[m]uch will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
But, then I started looking [...]
Oct
23
The Gentleman in the 10th Row
October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Several times a week, I drop in the church for a few minutes before going to work. Always, and I mean always, there is a single car in the parking lot - a white Chevy HHR.
I then walk into the assembly and there, without fail, in the tenth row is this elderly gentleman, sitting, gazing upon the Crucifix. [...]
Oct
22
Keep Repeating - A Lexus SC is Just a Car
October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Should we constantly remind ourselves that a house is just a house and a car is just a car? When should we legitimately want more and better material goods and when should we be content with what we have?
I often ponder these questions as I look around our home. We intended to be here about 7 years and we [...]
