Well this is a little daunting. Our beautiful Easter season comes to an end (Pentecost is just around the corner) with a prayer and maybe even a warning. With Jesus’ […]

The Church is gearing up for the late Easter season and with it readings about the Holy Spirit begin to emerge from the ambo. I’ve written before on how it […]

I never thought I’d do this. In the never ending mêlée of sibling rivalry I never hoped to surrender an inch never the less this semi-sacred space, but in honor […]

One of my favorite poets is Anne Sexton. She was difficult, deeply complicated and suffered from mental illness, but her thirst for spiritual redemption and her use of imagery, while […]

This weekend’s readings are all about sharing the news of Christ. If in Lent we are called to turn inward, to self reflect and contemplate, then the Easter season is […]

I guess it had to be Easter. This week we at Our Lady of Mount Carmel were honored to host the Funeral Mass of the beloved (and legendary) Sr. Trinity […]

Happy Easter! Thank God in his love for us that His Son, our Savior, has been raised! The voyage has ended, the journey complete. Perhaps you ran a good race […]

This one is epic. This weekend’s Gospel reading in celebration of Palm Sunday and the Passion of Our Lord is the longest reading of the year. I know it solicits […]

In one of the more interesting facts in Biblical interpretation, the shortest verse in the entire Bible, “Jesus wept,” belongs in one of the most nuanced and detailed stories featured […]

So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.” He replied, […]