3rd Sunday of Advent I have never experienced a solar eclipse in person, neither a partial nor a total solar eclipse. I guess I have never been anywhere a solar eclipse was happening.… Continue reading →

1st Sunday of Advent I saw a cartoon online earlier this week. A family is seated at the Thanksgiving dinner table with heads bowed in prayer, and a huge roasted bird sits at… Continue reading →

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with castles and cathedrals. It didn’t matter whether they lay in ruins or were still in… Continue reading →

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time With the 2016 presidential election cycle coming to a head this week, the candidates and their surrogates have been yelling louder and more insistently pressing their case before… Continue reading →

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time It looks like we have to talk about it today. It’s not a subject I know a lot about, so I had to do some research. And I… Continue reading →

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time I have an app on my phone that counts down the days to November 8. 36 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes, 43 seconds, and counting. This is only… Continue reading →

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Some years back when I was a newly-ordained priest teaching at an all-boys Catholic high school in New Orleans, my students would confront me on occasion with outrageous… Continue reading →

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time When I was growing up, dad was not our friend. Nor was mom, for that matter. They were our parents, and they behaved accordingly. Today they might pass… Continue reading →