Category: Prayer & Reflection

At the parish in St. Louis, we are doing a series on Christmas Carols.   This week was my week to preach.    The carol I preached on was the Christmas Carol:  “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” by Edmund Sears.    I didn’t get into the irony of a Unitarian, who denies the…

As we begin Advent, it is important to prepare our hearts for Christ, allowing him to “Adventus” into our lives.

By the grace of God, I was ordained a deacon on May 29th at St Cecelia’s Cathedral.   On May 31st, Holy Trinity Sunday, I assisted at my first Mass, my Mass of Thanksgiving.  Here is the text of the homily I delivered. Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity….

  “You can’t pray Lectio with little children.” I’ve heard it many times. From priest, teachers, parents. I believed it myself. “They don’t know enough.” “They can’t reason yet.” “They don’t pray… They can’t even sit still.” Lies, Lies, Lies every last one of them… Actually, each one of those…