A friend of mine passed recently. His physical shell that thing we call the human body slowly ceased to function and finally died, but that other thing, that spiritual thing we call the soul, the thing that gives motion to Read more…

When asked by a scribe which is the greatest commandment, this was Jesus’ reply: ….The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with Read more…

“It is not what you give up, but it is who you become.”  The Lenten theme from  Matthew Kelly at the Dynamic Catholic. I made this theme the center of my focus for Lent this year.  Instead of simply giving something Read more…

“And love comes from me. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for GOD IS LOVE. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. GOD IS LOVE, and all Read more…

We know that the world (nature) is always evolving: rivers are formed, mountains and valleys are created and weather patterns are formed to name a few. The same can be said for all of us. I know that I am Read more…

Happy New Year!   Yes, I’m a little late with the greeting, but as they say, better late than never and I hope you agree with this statement.  In light of all the recent activity within our country, church and everyday Read more…

Continuing with our spiritual theme of “The Twelve Days of Christmas, we begin with; “on the seventh day of Christmas (Thursday December 31st), my true love gave to me, “Seven Swans a Swimming”. Just this image of swans floating along Read more…

As I remember back to many of our Christmas gatherings, prior to Covid when when we were able to do something like that, we would  enjoy singing an old favorite Christmas song titled “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.  Everyone would Read more…

When I was a child waiting for Christmas, it seemed that Christmas took forever to get here.  I’m not sure about the why of all the anticipation, other than it was almost the only time of year I received anything Read more…