Musings and Messages: June 23, 2024 June 17, 2024 One of my dogs, Phoebe, has a terrible time with storms. She pants and becomes terrified. Nothing calms her down. Her mother, Lydia, on the other
Musings and Messages: June 16, 2024 Published on June 10, 2024 Today’s Gospel passage comes from the beginning of Mark’s account of Jesus’ ministry and relates how Jesus spoke to the people in parables.
Musings and Messages: June 2, 2024 Published on May 28, 2024 During this year of the Eucharist, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (also known as Corpus Christi) receives an added significance.
Musings and Messages: May 26, 2024 Published on May 20, 2024 We have entered the long season of Ordinary Time, extending from the Monday after Pentecost to the First Sunday of Advent. Yet, several important
Musings and Messages: May 19, 2024 May 13, 2024 Happy Birthday! Today is the birthday of the Church. It is the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and enabled them to proclaim the
Musings and Messages: May 12, 2024 Published on May 6, 2024 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord which marks the end of the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. While he is no longer
Musings and Messages: April 28, 2024 Published on April 23, 2024 In vino veritas (“In wine, there is truth”) is a famous saying. But in order to have wine, one needs grapes, and in order to have grapes, one
Musings and Messages: April 21, 2024 Published on April 15, 2024 Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, and while the focus is usually on Jesus the Good Shepherd, let’s take a look at what it means to be a good
Musings and Message: April 14, 2024 Published on April 8, 2024 Today’s Gospel passage is a continuation of the Road to Emmaus account, in which Jesus met two disciples traveling out of Jerusalem back to their
Musings and Messages: March 17, 2024 March 11, 2024 “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” At my father’s funeral, a young Muslim girl wandered into the church and asked a friend of mine similar