by Fr. Bill | Jan 30, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
I don’t profess to have a keen intellect in regards to things of an economic nature. I couldn’t tell you, other than to repeat, perhaps, what I heard on NPR all the things that led to the collapse of the mortgage industry, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Lehmann...
by Fr. Bill | Jan 23, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
If you had an advertising slogan for the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, what would you choose? I have a confession. I really don’t care, one way or the other, if the Clydesdales are going to be in a Superbowl commercial. But this week, I learned that they are,...
by Fr. Bill | Jan 16, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
If you could design and name any phone app you wanted, what would you call it and what features should it have? I got a new phone the other day, ‘cause the old one was, well, old. (= 2 ½ years old = ancient). If you don’t know, phones these days have all kinds of...
by Fr. Bill | Jan 9, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do Baptisms and Belly Flops have in common? I recently made the mistake (oops – I mean the choice) to join Facebook. Mostly, I wanted to see some pictures of a friend’s pool house that now had six tons of tree resting through its roof. [I am still figuring out...
by Fr. Bill | Jan 2, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What’s wrong with our St. Ann crib scene? There is a bit of a problem with the St. Ann nativity scene, apparently for at least as long as I have been pastor. One of the three kings is missing. The figurine that I had been so diligently moving window by window as one...
by Fr. Bill | Dec 25, 2010 | Sunday Homilies
Are you a good receiver? (and I’m not talking Mizzou football here) [Ask for a kid volunteer. Have them unwrap gift … send child back to pew] I’ll bet if I just asked you to describe what you just saw… you would be likely to say you saw me give a gift to...
