America’s Catholic Founding Father
This weekend as we celebrated Independence Day, I want to visit some thoughts of one of our founding fathers. In fact, he is the only Catholic to have signed the Declaration of Independence. He was also the last of the original signers to die in 1832.  Charles Carroll’s thought, debated…
Richard Dawkins and the Eucharist
On Divine Mercy Sunday, Richard Dawkins sent out a tweet attacking the Catholic belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Professor Dawkins stated: “Roman Catholics are required to believe that communion wine actually is literally the blood of Christ, and the wafer literally is his body. Not…
Holy Week Homilies
(The above photo was taken by myself in Jerusalem at the Garden of Gethsemane in January of 2016) This year I am celebrating Holy Week at Sacred Heart Parish of Boyd County, Nebraska. One of the five parishes that I am assigned as an associate pastor at. This post is…
Living with Reckless Abandon
Recklessness is a response to the love and grace of Jesus Christ. And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they were fishermen). And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you to become…
St. Joseph Can Bring the Needed Resurgence of True Masculinity in the Church
St. Joseph is a much needed intercessor in a time in which the Church and world needs a true masculine renewal. On December 8th of 2020, with the Apostolic Letter “Patris Corde” (With a Father’s Heart), Pope Francis declared the Year of 2021 the Year of St. Joseph. If you…