Jun
20
Sticking Around After Mass
June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment
I try to go to Mass on Friday. It’s something I’ve kept to off and on for the past several years. With schedules the way they are in suburban churches, it’s kind of difficult to make daily Mass, so I try to make the commitment to Christ that at least once a week I’ll make it. [...]
Jun
19
Our Temporal & Divine Daily Bread
June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I haven’t seen too much about the Eucharistic Congress going on in Quebec but the following from the Catholic News Service provides some insight into what’s being said (my emphasis added) -
Illinois bishop: Catholics can fight secularization with Eucharist
By Regina Linskey
Catholic News ServiceQUEBEC CITY (CNS) — Catholics who rely on family members and the Eucharist can better resist secularization, [...]
Jun
18
Falling & Staying Away
June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine last night. He lives in a different town so we get together about once a year and talk about once a month.
He is a cradle Catholic who left the cocoon a long time ago. I’ve never gotten the feeling that spirituality plays any part in [...]
Jun
17
Tim Russert
June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ve been thinking about writing about Tim Russert’s death and the role that his faith played in his life and work, but I’ve been putting it off for some reason. Maybe, it’s just my current jaundiced view of journalists wouldn’t allow my creative juices to get flowing.
But this was a rather remarkable man. He was a [...]
Jun
16
God and Golf
June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I got to watch the 16th, 17th & 18th holes today of the U.S. Open playoff and then the one hole of sudden death.
Come on, let’s admit it. We all knew that Tiger was going to win it. We just knew.
But what does Rocco Mediate get out of it? He played toe-to-toe with the best [...]
Jun
15
The Same Mass
June 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
This morning, we had a visiting priest at Sunday Mass. He is from Uganda and is here to learn about us and raise some much needed funding for his missions.
And, guess what? It was the same Mass and he seemed perfectly at home in celebrating it.
The same Mass here as in Uganda, as in Rio, [...]
Jun
14
The Price of Charity
June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I gave blood on Thursday night. I ran a 5K this morning. Oh my!
I hadn’t given a thought to any connection between giving blood and its effect on me running 3.1 miles in race conditions just 36 hours later. I hadn’t given a thought until I was in the chair with the tube in my [...]
Jun
13
St. Anthony of Padua
June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
St. Anthony of Padua (Portugal/Italy, 1195-1231) must have been THE celebrity of his age, even as a Franciscan friar. He was a well-known preacher who traveled throughout northern Italy and parts of western Europe. He was appointed as a professor of theology by St. Francis of Assisi. He was admired by Pope Gregory IX. When he died, the entire [...]
Jun
12
Giving Thanks
June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Prayer can too often take the form of complaining and whining. I know that I spend a good deal of time telling God about all of the things I think are wrong in my life or things I think need to be changed. While I know he wants to hear about my fears, anxieties, needs, [...]
Jun
11
St. Barnabas
June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
He is the man who helped bring St. Paul to fulfill his life mission - St. Barnabas. It’s interesting that he is numbered as one of the apostles, even though he wasn’t one of the original twelve and wasn’t added officially to the ranks to take one’s place, like St. Matthias. But, St. Barnabas and [...]
