What were you born to do?

I’m not sure if that is a single character in all of the Scriptures who invokes the image of a prophet more clearly in our minds than John the Baptist. We picture him, I think, as an amalgam of all of the gospel accounts: dressed in camel’s hair, living in a desert,...

Pastor’s Pen – June 24, 2012

I have been cleaning out the back bedroom at my mom’s house.   That may not sound like hard work, but I confess, it has been more than a little wearying to do so.  You see, the back room is where mom had stored all her papers from the various causes she has championed...

Pastor’s Pen – June 17, 2012

Fortnights for Freedom… The USCCB as well as a group of religious women are suggesting that the fourteen days from June 21—the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to July 4, Independence Day, be dedicated to a “fortnight for...

What is hard about being a dad?

Plant a radish.   Get a radish. Never any doubt.   That’s why I love vegetables; You know what you’re about! Plant a turnip.   Get a turnip. Maybe you’ll get two.  That’s why I love vegetables; You know that they’ll come through! While...