Meet Deacon Tim, Part II
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In my last article I talked a bit about my wife, my children, and my grandchildren. Anyone who knows me well knows that my family is a source of great joy in my life. I would like to spend some time in this [...]
Meet Deacon Tim, Part I
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I was delighted when Father Steven asked me to take a short series of articles to tell my wonderful new parish family a little about me. I hope that my effort at giving you a little bit of my story will help you [...]
Reflections from Fr. Steven on the Epiphany
My dear friends, This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, which is a Greek word that means “manifestation.” God has manifested Himself in Christ, and manifested Himself in such a way that inspires great amazement and wonder. The Creator of the whole universe has assumed a created human nature. [...]
Do Not Be Afraid
My dear friends, With all my heart I wish to you and your families a most blessed Christmas, filled with the joy and peace of Christ. This will be our second Christmas together—praise God! I pray God will give us many more. The first pulpit of our Lord was the [...]
Holy Family
Recently, I landed on a blog site and under the section of “More about me” the author wrote the following, “I used to want to change the world. Now I would just like to leave the room with a little dignity.” I’m sure all of us have daydreamed from time [...]
Mary Visits Elizabeth
Just as Mary travels to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, in her season of expectation, we become increasingly aware of our own movements toward the advent of Christ’s coming. While we will celebrate specifically his coming incarnate, we also celebrate, hopefully, his coming deeper into our hearts. Mary, rightly, receives much [...]
The Comings of Christ
My dear Friends, In a beautiful Advent homily St. Bernard, a 12th century Cistercian monk, speaks of three comings of Christ. Normally in Advent we speak of two: Christ’s first coming by his birth through Mary, and the second final coming at the end of time. But St. Bernard mentions [...]
Advent: The Silent, Hidden Presence that brings Hope
My dear friends, This Sunday we begin another season of Advent together. Advent, like all liturgical seasons, comes with its own special grace, or graces. And the grace that marks this season more than any other is the grace of hope, a joyful hope that springs from the birth of [...]
Christ OUR Lord
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Since 1925, when Pope Pius XI instituted this Feast, the Church has made a strong statement time and again as we close our liturgical year. The message, in the midst of decades of change, remains [...]
Lasting Things First
As you can imagine, I draw a lot of my inspiration for life, writing, and composing by observing that of others. This would include God’s Word—usually prompted by the Scriptures the Church offers as guidance each week in the Liturgy. When God is really animating a particular song, verse, saying [...]
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