The Pain
As we enter Holy Week for 2021, I have been reflecting a lot about my sins and their frequency – particularly the sin of pride. If there is one thing […]
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Encountering the Lord in the Liturgy of the Eucharist
The Mass is comprised of two liturgies that were developed in the early days of the Church when the new Converts to Christianity were still going to the Temple, listening […]
The Spirit of Apathy
In the late 1980s and early 90s, I was serving the Church as a Youth Minister and director of Faith Formation. In those offices, I was responsible for preparing my […]
Building God’s Kingdom: Part III- Retooling Church Ministry From The Pew
For the past several decades, parish ministry has basically consisted of offering different programs to meet the needs of the people. If you need Baptism, then we have a Baptism […]
Building God’s Kingdom: Part II- Developing a Hunger for Souls
First let me begin by apologizing for the hiatus of blogs, particularly since we had started a series. For the past month, we have been moving to Georgetown, Texas, from […]
Building God’s Kingdom: Part 1 – A Product to Offer
The Institutional Church as well as the every local parish has come out of a time in the life of the Church where we were only offering services to Catholics. […]
Instilling An Urgency For Spiritual Growth
We are in the height of extreme discomfort. The first cause is Covid-19, the second cause is the national strife from our recent elections. Combine those with the uncertainty of […]
Where Is The Holy Spirit?
As I have been reflecting on the state of the Church during the Covid 19 Pandemic, I have been pondering on what the circumstances surrounding the virus have revealed about […]
Arming the Saints for Salvation
The Church and the world have entered into unprecedented times, and many are looking around wondering what to do. As I shared before in a previous post, there are three […]
What Does the Truth Reveal
To live in a society requires us to create systems so that we all work together, supposedly for the common good. I have been around enough to see countries disappear […]