“With my two hands on the plow, I don’t mind my journey now. Keep your hands on the plow, hold on.” – The Gospel Plow, traditional American folksong Along the way to Jerusalem, Jesus meets a man who promises to follow Him, after he first returns home to say goodbyeContinue Reading
“The Holy Spirit works to bring all of humanity back to God. What was dispersed at the Tower of Babel is brought back together at Pentecost.” The Holy Spirit is revealed to us in many forms. At Pentecost the Spirit is wind and fire but it can also come toContinue Reading
“May we praise God always in word and deed.” Christ has ascended to heaven and is no longer visible to us. But He is still present through His Body the Church. He feels pain when the Church suffers. There are two seasons centered on the feast of the Resurrection ofContinue Reading
“The disciples bring the fish-laden net ashore but it is Peter that brings it to Christ,” Why do we refer to Peter as the first “Pope? Three Denials, Three Affirmations When Jesus was arrested and taken before the Jewish leaders, Peter followed behind to observe the events. Three times PeterContinue Reading
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are an Easter people and alleluia is our song.” Pope John Paul II What does it mean to be an Easter people? To understand that, we must understand the beginning. so that we may understand the end. The Beginning “In the beginning GodContinue Reading
“A Christian always looks at the present and the future, not the past. We do not forget the past but use it as a guide for our future.” The Past Fools Us In the 2012 remake of the movie “Total Recall,” Douglas Quaid is fighting to recall who he trulyContinue Reading
“to be authentic means that an individual’s actions are consistent with their beliefs and desires in spite of external pressure” In his book “Blink,” Malcom Gladwell recounts the story of the “Getty Kouros.” In 1984 the J.Paul Getty museum unveiled its latest acquisition, a two thousand year old marble statueContinue Reading
“The gardener who intercedes on our behalf is Jesus, nourishing and working the soil of our hearts. This is the grace and mercy that He offers to us.” Napoleon’s Mercy Napoleon Bonaparte is often portrayed as a violent man, a dictator alongside the likes of Hitler and Mussolini. But thoseContinue Reading
When we are tempted, the best course of action is often to stand up to it, recognize it for what it is, and stare it down. From the Denver Post: “Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killingContinue Reading
“Sin is a rebellion against God. It is the desire to put our own wants and desires ahead of the moral law written on our hearts. It is no less than an attempt to murder God.” Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, property and businesses belonging to theContinue Reading