All right, how do you know you have a vocation to the priesthood? Many young men think of St. Paul being knocked off the horse and a blazing light from heaven announcing their sacerdotal calling; but it is rarely, if ever like that. So I propose some indicators that might reveal that the Lord is […]
Read more "Rambling on Discerning a Priestly Vocation"I rarely, if ever, do something heroic, but isn’t Lent the time to attempt it? A certain lady of the parish informed me that she intended to give up pizza for Lent. Shortly after Ash Wednesday we found ourselves at a reception that was serving, among other things, pizza. Taking the initiative of saving her […]
Read more "SAVING ANOTHER FROM PIZZA AND THE BURDENS OF LENT"The pagan Romans had it all wrong; the arrest, torture and killing of the small Jewish sect known as Christians was not necessary to stamp it out. If they were serious about ending the heresy that threatened to dethrone Jupiter, Venus et al from the pantheon of heaven, they simply should have asked the Christian […]
Read more "Rambling on Mass times stopping the spread of Christianity"What’s the top reason for changing Mass times? They are as numerous as the number of parishioners but my favorite reason for changing the hour of the Eucharist happened last year–“Father, can we move this Mass to an earlier time; they serve fried chicken at the Senior Center when that Mass starts.” No priest in […]
Read more "Rambling on Chicken changing the World and the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary time (B)"Parents can teach priests about flexibility and doing things “for” others in Jesus.
Read more "Rambling on STOP HOMILY Cards and Christ the King (A)"The Glorious Gautama Buddha Chapter of the Galloping Gang of Grandmothers of Greater Grand Island has struck again. The local newspaper last week, in the “Police Calls” section, reported a house in a nice neighborhood had been burglarized. Missing were, and I quote here, “various scrapbooking items.” The work of a gang of young toughs […]
Read more "Rambling on 33d Sunday of Ordinary Time (A) and Galloping Grannies"The security officer was 350, maybe 400 pounds. None of the weight appeared to be fat, in fact, if he hadn’t moved he could have been mistaken for a gorilla in a pinstripe suit. Two other security guards were beside him with hands folded and heads down, the two of them didn’t make the one […]
Read more "Rambling on the 32d Sunday of Ordinary Time (A) and Fools"A mutiny in the Catholic Church is no trifling matter. The issues of women in ministry and Holy Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics will pale in comparison to the uprising that now confronts our Holy Church. The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, heretofore a religious organization, has decided, ordained and decreed that […]
Read more "Ramblings on Rebellion and the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)"Many times “discovery” is only “recovery” of that which is already known. Recently reading a book on cruise ships (taking a cruise in a few months and thought of boning up on seasickness and abandoning ship techniques), the author discovers what can change the life of everyone on the planet: yoga and meditation. This gentleman […]
Read more "Rambling on Cruising and the 29th Year of Ordinary Time (A)"Just call me Johnny; Johnny Cash. At a recent trip to the convenience store the young man behind the counter asked if I was a priest; he noticed the black I was wearing, but forgot to put in the little white tab collar that is the dead giveaway. I replied “No, I’m Johnny Cash.” (You […]
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