Apr

9

The Bread of Life Discourse

April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“I am the Bread of Life” 
This week’s gospels are centered on Jesus’ Bread of Life Discourse in John 6.  “I am the Bread of Life” - Jesus reassures us over and over again.  This Bread of Life impacts us in so many different ways.  Each of these ways are described by Jesus during the discourse [...]

Apr

8

Hearing What We Don’t Want to Hear

April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Tough Comments 
Today’s first reading (Acts 7) has St. Stephen telling it straight to the people of Jerusalem.  They get so ticked off by what he has to say and how close he is to the truth that they go after him.
So, what does he have to say?  “you stiff-necked people” - ”uncircumcised in heart and ears” [...]

Apr

3

Real Men Say the Rosary

April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments

Up until about a year-and-a-half ago, I never said the Rosary.  In fact, I couldn’t have told you how to say the Rosary if Mary was in front of me trying to pray it with me.  I just had no clue.
Then someone gave me a rosary and I decided to learn how to pray it.  [...]

Mar

19

To Serve - Not to Be Served

March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do we serve?  Or do we seek to be served?
Today’s Mass Communion Antiphon quotes Jesus in Matthew 20 when he declares that he “did not come to be served, but to serve.”
Jesus served us throughout his public ministry - throughout the Passion - on the Cross.  He serves us still today.
But do we serve him - [...]

Mar

8

“You are Not From Here, Are You?”

March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We always seem to be afraid of other people who don’t look like us, think like us or hold our same customs and practices.  This fear is especially acute when these “other people” are new to a community or culture.  We have seen it time and again in our American culture - even among those [...]

Mar

2

The Blind Man’s Parents

March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today’s gospel (John 9) is about the blind man on the side of the road who is cured by Jesus.  Everyone remembers the story because it’s the one where Christ mixes his spit with some dirt and puts the mud salve on the eyes of the blind man.  Growing up, the boys all thought this story was [...]

Feb

18

The Book on Loving Our Neighbor

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sometimes, we just make things too difficult in our relationships with others.  We either try too hard or not hard enough in loving our neighbor.  Relationships are strained, people suffer, and we are left empty and frustrated.
It shouldn’t be that hard.  We shouldn’t need an entire section of Borders dedicated to “Love & Relationships.”  As [...]

Feb

10

Dreams

February 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

I bought a book the other day, The Dream Manager, by Matthew Kelly.  I finished it last night.  Now, I have to figure out what to do about what I read.
The premise of the book is that we all need to dream and have dreams that we are working to fulfill.  These dreams might involve our relationships, [...]

Feb

8

Orphans & The Face of Christ

February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I sat with my little girl last night talking about the things she has in her life that too many others may not - food, house, toys, clothes, the basics.
As I was getting ready this morning, I realized that I really didn’t discuss with her the most important thing she has that many other children do not [...]

Feb

1

Tragic Consequences

February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago, a family tragedy of biblical proportions hit Cincinnnati.  A mother and her four children (all under the age of 8 years old) were killed.  The husband/father is in jail for their murder.
This family was a Catholic family living an upper-middle class life in an affluent suburban community.
These are the facts as [...]

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