Having just returned from the magnificent National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, I can honestly say that those several days constituted one of the greatest moments in my 38 years as […]
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Second Book of Kings is the source for this weekend’s first reading. Originally, First and Second Kings composed one volume, but at one point […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to go to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. It was the first time our nation has hosted a national Eucharistic congress in more than […]
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Jeremiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. One of the three major prophets of ancient Israel, Jeremiah so firmly saw […]
To say that the American political landscape is fractured right now may be the understatement of the 21st century. To say that these fractures have only deepened in the wake […]
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Amos is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Amos is one of the relatively few prophets of whom something is known. […]
I recently had the great joy of attending three ordinations of close friends to the priesthood (including here in our own diocese). The last of these ordinations, in the Diocese […]
I must have skipped the chapter in my “how to parent” instruction manual where it talked about weddings. Not my wedding, of course, but all the weddings of my kids, […]
One of my favorite things about living in eastern Indiana is our long summer evenings. Being so close to the Central time zone, but not yet in it, means that, […]
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading. When this book originally was written, the plight of God’s people was very bad. […]
Penguin Random House is beginning to market a special release coming this August: a picture-book biography of acclaimed children’s book creator Barbara Cooney. The cover feels like a familiar Cooney […]
In a 2014 address to Vatican employees, Pope Francis suggested that “a bit of good humor is very good for us! It will do us much good to pray St. […]
