21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 C INTRO: When I began to reflect on this Gospel, the haunting phrase for me was: “I do not know where you are from” I would say I was a bit shocked. Have you ever met someone casually talking to them, on an airplane sitting next to you, or […]
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 C INTRO: We were typical teenagers ALONE on a hot and humid weekend as my parents were away having gone on a golf weekend. We were expecting them home late Sunday afternoon! Well, I am sorry to say we decided to have a party on Saturday night (of course, […]
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: The story of the Blacksmith By Megan McKenna There was once a BLACKSMITH who worked hard at his trade. The day came for him to die. God sent His angel to the blacksmith, but, to the angel’s surprise……. the blacksmith refused to go!!!!!! He pleaded with the […]
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: There was a phrase used by both of my parents on us children. We would see our neighbor friends get this toy or that bike and we would get disinterested in our own toys and bikes and so on. So, we would BEG our parents, incessantly asking […]
16th Sunday in ORDINARY TIME 2022 C INTRO: Most of you may know I enjoy cooking. My mom was a great cook, and I got that gene. Sometimes it is a lot of work; chopping, dicing, mixing, planning what goes with this or that, but I do it! There is a saying from some chefs: […]
14th Sunday Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: A while ago I was listening to the great excitement of one of our students going ON and ON enthusiastically about their TRACK PROGRESS!!! Oh my… how their time was getting better and better, so much so that at the end of the season they won the meet! […]
Ascension Sunday © 2022 INTRO: When I was deciding to become a priest, I wavered back and forth while in the seminary if I could do this or not. How could I get up everyday and have to preach, heal, and minister and do it well? My spiritual director kept saying: “You have it within […]
6th Sunday of Easter 2022 c INTRO: I WAS A YOUNG BOY in the early or mid-sixty’s when the SIGN OF PEACE originated in the Mass. I distinctly remember my mom and dad a bit hesitant about this “gesture.” I heard them “talking” and questioning it. We kids thought it COOL! However, my parents embraced […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter © INTRO: When I was first learning how to cut the lawn in our family home, I was in Jr. High …. And …. I thought it was a bit UNUSUAL, but my father was explaining to me that I had to cut the grass ON THE DIAGONAL!! And then the […]
Fourth Sunday of Easter © INTRO: True story: Many years ago, fire was consuming an apartment building in New York City. A blind girl was trapped on the fourth floor, perched on a window ledge. Firefighters could not maneuver their ladder truck between the buildings, so a net was set up to catch the teenage […]