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Pastor’s Pen – September 22, 2013

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Pastor's Pen

 “Find the right path toward the Door of Faith.” – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI During this “Year of Faith”, the Archdiocese celebrates its 13th Annual Stewardship Awareness Sunday this weekend with the theme: Stewardship: The Path of Faith. We are not accustomed,...

Is there a ‘logic’ to mercy?

by | Sep 15, 2013 | Pastor's Pen

In the stories that Jesus tells in the gospel, I can only find the word “Must” happening twice. [Perhaps there are more, but I couldn’t find them…] And the word ‘MUST’ appears only once when spoken from the ‘God’ character. That once happens in today’s gospel of the...

Pastor’s Pen – September 15, 2013

by | Sep 15, 2013 | Pastor's Pen

Barry Buchek gave me this little gem of a reflection from a well worn book he was carrying. Since I am writing this column on the anniversary of 9-11, it seemed fitting to use it here. …On that day when we were attacked by men intent on terrorizing us, we stopped to...

Pastor’s Pen – September 8, 2013

by | Sep 8, 2013 | Pastor's Pen

Input and response needed… STLMetro is seeking feedback about expanding premium transit services to more communities. There are four proposed routes, of which Metro will choose two, to compete for federal funding. Metro wants to hear from all interested individuals,...

Do you ever squirm when you read a gospel?

by | Sep 8, 2013 | Sunday Homilies

What king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? It is disconcerting, isn’t it, to hear those words of today’s gospel against the...

Do you conduct your affairs with humility?

by | Sep 1, 2013 | Sunday Homilies

Do you conduct your affairs with humility? I came across a poem in my reading this week. It says quite simply: Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth: You owe me. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. (2X) Like Jesus’...