The Spirit Makes All the Difference
Readings for June 8, 2014: Pentecost Sunday As a teen, I thought the clergy were supposed to do everything. We laity were just called to pray, pay,…
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Fire Water
Of the vast palette of human emotion, there is one visceral reaction that is completely uncontrollable and often times unexplainable: tears. Not the tears borne of physical pain…
Reflecting on the Paraclete
Readings for May 25, 2014: Sixth Sunday of Easter He wore steel rimmed glasses and had hair to the middle of his back. The fringe on his buck-skinned…
Resurrection and Self-Awareness
“In the mystery of the Resurrection lies the summit and the highest intensity of our Christian self-awareness, and therefore that of my new awareness of myself of the…
Perpetual Adoration
Some Catholics are blessed to take part in Perpetual Adoration at one of their local parishes, where they can adore the Eucharist at any time, day or night. …
Pentecost: Call to Activate
Readings for May 19, 2013: Pentecost As a teen, I thought the clergy were supposed to do everything. We laity were just called to pray, pay, and obey.…
The Paraclete
Readings for May 5, 2013: Sixth Sunday of Easter He wore steel rimmed glasses and had hair to the middle of his back. The fringe on his buck-skinned…
Spirit Who?
We sometimes hear this phrase in preaching and/or teaching about the Church: “The fullness of the Spirit.” For me that’s a cue to the life-changing events that set…
Why Doesn’t the Holy Spirit Have a Face?
I don’t know if you were like me growing up, but I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the nature of the Holy Spirit. I knew…