Weekly Reflections

Surprised by the Kingdom of Heaven Every few years or so the discovery of lost treasure troves makes the news. As technology has improved it has become more common that [...]

The Vineyard of Faith Today’s Gospel message is one that I struggle with quite often. I find myself saying, “I got here first” or “I’ve been waiting longer”. Sometimes I [...]

More Than Just Storytelling On the surface level, it may seem like Jesus teaches in parables only to make complex ideas accessible to all people. While there may be an [...]

Taking the Time to Rest I’d like you to take a moment and trace the past week of your life. Other than sleeping, did you take any intentional rest? We [...]

Why So Much Talk About Death? Death is a scary thing. Even with all the medical advances and prescriptions that we are blessed with in the 21st century, we still [...]

The Great Gift “It’s not fair!” said my son, holding up his sixth-grade homework. “What’s not fair?” I answered, knowing his homework-stalling tactics. “Adam and Eve really messed us up!” [...]

The Kingdom Needs You Jesus’ Heart, ever overflowing with love, is moved with pity for the people before Him. He sees their struggles, their anguish, their abandonment, their desires. He [...]

The Eucharist: Flesh and Blood Is your parish celebrating this Solemnity with a Corpus Christi Procession? This traditional way of honoring the Eucharist goes back to the 1300’s, and is [...]

That All May be Saved In today's Gospel we read perhaps the most quoted verse of Scripture, that "God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so [...]