Ramblings of a country pastor

 It is unwise to lower one's defenses before an enemy whose only option is your destruction. In fact, when one is up against such an e...

In 567 BC, the Temple of Solomon was destroyed, along with Jerusalem, by the Babylonians.  The temple had stood for over three centuries, ...

Last week, Pew Research put out a study about Catholic Belief and the Eucharist. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/05/transub...

Scandals within an institution have a tendency to cast suspicion on any and all parts of that institution. The Catholic Church is not exem...

I had a discussion with my spiritual director yesterday about the recent scandals in the Church. While not defending any of the malfeasanc...

As a priest, I have come to view the Book of Blessings as a banal collection of lukewarm sentiments that could have been written by a greeti...

This is the the homily given for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Have you ever wondered why there are so many stories of heali...