by Fr. Bill | Mar 20, 2011 | Pastor's Pen
Things unseen… Most parishes have people who do the ‘unseen things’, like replacing light bulbs or cleaning out gutters or dusting in the sanctuary. Though the effect of what these volunteers do is barely perceptible, the result makes a huge difference in the parish...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 20, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
How do you let God direct you? “Go to a land I will show you.” “Abram went as the Lord directed him.” Okay, maybe I am a bit obtuse, perhaps a bit lacking in faith, but HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW did God direct Abram? It is a valid question, is it not? Inquiring...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 13, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is the most powerful two letter word in the devil’s arsenal? “Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that God put in the garden…” With that little segue we are introduced to the tester, the great tempter of hearts in the Hebrew Scriptures. The...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 9, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do the season of Lent and Garmin GPS systems have in common? If you have a Tom Tom or a Garmin GPS unit, you know that they tell you pretty accurately, turn by turn, how to get from point A to point B. And you also know the one word that gets repeated over and...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 6, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Friday night was our “Wines around the World” fundraiser an the Newman Center. Thanks to all who helped – though the figures aren’t in, I think we did more than okay. What I noticed at one point on Friday was how easy it is for me to ‘do the busy work’ involved with...
