As of this morning, two hundred and ten thousand. That’s the official count of the number of COVID deaths in the United States. The actual count is probably higher. Regardless,…
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God’s ways are not our ways. That’s true. It’s what some folks call the true truth. And it’s the kind of truth that is unrelenting, because God stubbornly and even…
“The one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” A prophet is a sentinel. In the fortified cities of ancient times, it was the sentinel’s job to keep watch on…
As of this morning, 179,000 COVID deaths in the United States, every one of which matters. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them….
Power and authority can mean the same thing, roughly, but they’re not really synonyms. Power is the ability to make something happen. To be powerful is to be capable. Power…
“The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants – them I will bring to my holy mountain…
Yesterday I received in the mail a great big envelope with these instructions on the outside in big red letters: “Open Immediately! Catholics Under Attack!” Having learned that “Open Immediately!”…
Here’s my homily from the weekend I hope you know that every Wednesday afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00 we have a Zoom parish Town Hall meeting. These meetings have become…
I’m afraid I didn’t handle something very well yesterday. Directly after the 0700 Mass – the Feast of St. Lawrence, hero of the gridiron – some of us gathered along…
