Ramblings of a country pastor

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...

My experience of the Catholic Church is limited. My first contact was in 1977 when I was a 6th grader. I have no experiential understand...

One of the greatest errors most people make is in trying to make their lives about themselves. Such a dank existence revolves around tryin...

Being a shepherd isn't easy. A shepherd is not always the owner of the sheep.  He must take care of the sheep as the owner of the...