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 [...]
Imaging the Generosity of God
My dear friends, In the Gospel we have an example, among many found in Sacred Scripture, which shows that God does not judge by outward appearances, but by what is in the heart. And the question the Gospel invites us to ask is, “Lord, what do you see in the [...]
Our Holy Communion with the Saints
My dear friends, What makes the celebration of the Feast of All Saints such a joyful feast and relevant to our simple, ordinary lives, is that the Christian women and men that we honor for their holiness and fidelity to Christ, are not just holy figures of a distant past. [...]
Barimaeus’ Prayer for this Week
It’s human nature to want to do the right thing. In the area of faith formation especially, I am often called upon to share the doctrines of our tradition with those seeking to become Catholic, and also to help with continuing formation for those who are already Catholic but wish [...]
Gratitude for Abundant Love
For the Lord’s word is true; all his works are trustworthy. The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with goodness (Psalm 33:4-5). I have so much to be grateful to God for these days. Of course, every day I am thankful for my family, our health, work [...]
Papal Politics
It’s pretty widely understood that talking politics is a great way to start an argument or engender hard feelings. However, that’ll be the topic for this week. Furthermore, I intend to take a side, but I can guarantee it won’t be the side you expect. In our country we have [...]
Fall Festival
My Dear Friends, and special greetings to all visiting with us this weekend as we celebrate our annual Fall Festival, The day of our Fall Festival has finally arrived! Praise God! And for all those who generously gave so much of their time, energy and effort to plan and organize [...]
Prayer and Family Life
My dear friends, We have all heard the saying, “a family that prays together, stays together.” I personally don’t think this is always necessarily the case, for obviously it depends on how a family prays. Prayer, as Jesus said, needs to come from the heart, and not just recited with [...]
Service Even Unto Death
One of the things I love most about living in Minnesota is the turning of the seasons. Unlike some other places, we are blessed with these definite, unmistakable signs of change every few months. Whatever the time of year, it always feels like a new beginning to me. Fall, especially, [...]
Stewardship
First of all I would like to welcome back any of our church family who may have been gone for all or part of this summer. I hope each of you had restful days and the opportunity to enjoy vacations and time spent with family and friends. This past spring [...]
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