This is a suggested prayer for you to pray with your family and loved ones at the dinner table on Thanksgiving day. The Thanksgiving prayer begins with acknowledging God’s many gifts and blessings to us, and then continues to ask …
It’s that time of year for the spooky yard displays that slow down traffic on Hillcrest. I love the creativity they show, and in a way it’s a means of turning what we fear into something we laugh at. I doubt that even …
Visuals have always been important in the Catholic world, and the visual that has been most striking to me from this past month’s synod is of the Paul VI Audience Hall, set up with round tables where all of the …
Each year we are invited to participate in the Archbishop’s annual Catholic Services Appeal, which is an opportunity for each of us to support our brothers and sisters in Christ. Your prayers and generous support of the Appeal are continuing …
This Wednesday, the feast of Francis of Assisi, patron of the pope, was a big day for the church. First of all, it was the day when the Synod on Synodality opened. The synod will run through most of the …
Photo by Joshua Rozells, showing the numbers of satellites crossing the sky at the Pinnacles in the remote outback of Australia Last year at this time I had the good fortune to visit Death Valley, one of the emptiest and …
One of an occasional series of articles reflecting on the parts of the mass “… In the breaking of the bread.” In the gospel of Luke we have the story of two of Jesus’ followers who encounter him on the …
This Saturday, September 16th, the parish councils of our two churches are going on retreat together. We will be reflecting and praying on the work of the Holy Spirit in our parishes. And you can join in. Not in person, …
A reflection on the Eucharistic Prayer, part of a series of reflections on the parts of the Mass Medieval mystic and writer Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer I ever prayed was ‘Thank you’ that would be …
The image of each of us taking up our cross is woven throughout the gospels. Jesus makes it key to being one of his disciples. And this weekend we encounter it again in Jesus’ rebuke to Peter, who wants to …