by Fr. Bill | Apr 11, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
It is one of those details you can easily miss. But in both of the appearance accounts – it notes WHERE the disciples were. Locked in the upper room. Locked in. Doors bolted. Behind barriers. Safe, they thought, from anyone who might try to get to them. And even more...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 4, 2010 | Pastor's Pen
Wrong season? I woke up with my brain ‘singing’ a song from the musical “Mame” this morning. I have no idea how it got there, but there it was. Haul out the holly; Put up the tree before my spirit falls again. Fill up the stocking, I may be rushing things, but deck...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 2, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
Early on in Lent, I was at a meeting with the Archbishop. As he led the closing prayer he used a simple image: “Lord, help us to be faithful in our journey to the foot of the cross.” That phrase got me to thinking about a couple of things. First, I am grateful that...