Originally Posted April 18, 2022 Halleluiah !!! Christ is risen from the dead !!! We need to take time to celebrate and not rush to get back to “life as usual”. Easter is too much to limit to a one day celebration, so the church gives us the octave of Easter….8 days of Easter Sundays … Continue reading “A Week Of Easter Sundays” →

Originally Posted April 12, 2020 Have you ever been really surprised, I mean really shocked…in a pleasant way? Remember when Eli Manning hit David Tyree with that impossible pass in the final two minutes of Superbowl XLII…. against the Patriots.  I jumped so high, I almost hit my head on the ceiling. We were screaming with … Continue reading Easter Sunday- What A Surprise! →

Originally Posted April 9, 2020 I recently saw that Mel Gibson is making a sequel to the Passion of the Christ movie, titled “The Resurrection”. In an interview Gibson mentioned the movie will explore, among many things, like “when Jesus descended into hell”. I’ve often pondered what that was like…the time between Jesus’s death on … Continue reading Holy Saturday- A Lot Going On →

Good Friday… a day of the greatest sorrow and disappointment,  and  a day of greatness and magnificence and victory. Thank you Jesus for giving your very life to save us from our sins. May we respond with our whole life in return.

Originally Posted April 9, 2020 Holy Thursday is great! There is almost too much to fit into a single day. When all the kids were home, at around 5:00pm we would begin with the seder meal, (unleavened bread, haroseth, lamb, bitter herbs, wine)  symbolizing the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. The youngest child would always ask, … Continue reading “Holy Thursday – What A Day” →

Originally Posted April 7, 2023 We’re moving into the heart of Holy Week…. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the pause of Holy Saturday, and then  the greatest day in history, Easter Sunday.  I just pray that all of us, by the grace of God, will sit at the Lord’s feet and allow him to take care of … Continue reading Holy Week—Help Us Lord →

Originally Posted April 5, 2023 There were not many heroes during Holy Week… a lot of cowards and thieves and betrayers, but not many “Medal of Honor” winners. Sometimes I tend to divide the participants into the holy faithful saintly ones on one side (e.g. Mary) and the bums and cowards on the other side … Continue reading “Only One Hero… and It’s Not Me” →

Originally Posted April 3, 2023 It’s Holy Week… how’s everyone doing with their Lenten practices … having a good Lent? A good friend of mine often says that “God designs his Lent and it usually contains a number of surprises… unplanned interruptions.” Well my friend had unplanned Heart Surgery during this Lent, so it looks … Continue reading “Yikes, It’s Holy Week Already” →

Originally Posted March 18, 2022 Often the truths of God seem counter intuitive… they are not what you would expect…. almost going against common sense. It would seem the rich are better off than the poor and should be happier here on earth and in eternity; the poor just get the “short end of the … Continue reading “Suffering Is Not All Bad” →

Originally Posted March 17, 2022 The Catechism tells us that “temptation is an attraction, either from outside oneself or from within, to act contrary to right reason and the commandments of God.” (CCC 538). “Temptation is something you want to have or to do, even though you know you shouldn't. That bag of peanut butter cups on top … Continue reading “Temptations” →