Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Happy Birthday, Church! Rather than give you my own reflection today, I want to share the sequence that you will hear at today's Mass. (Why try to improve on perfection?) Veni, Sancte Spiritus Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from your celestial home shed ...
You Follow Me
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In Acts 28 today, we see Paul continuing in his ministry, even while in custody. Oh, that we could all have the evangelistic spirit of St. Paul! In the Gospel reading from John 21, Peter sees John coming toward him ...
Radio Guests for Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Radio Guests | No Comments »The Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) is answering the pope’s plea to pray for and support vocations, and is dutifully already prepared for the celebration of The Year of The Priest. Guest Father Richard Gabuzda talked to us about their ...
Spiritual Mulligans
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In the first reading today from Acts 25, Paul is in Caesarea awaiting trial. He is asked if he wants to go to Jerusalem to have his case heard. Paul declines, knowing that God is sending him to Rome. So ...
Unity
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | 2 Comments »In our first reading today from Acts, Paul puts himself squarely in the middle of a dispute between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Paul, a Pharisee by birth and training, spoke of the resurrection of the dead. This was not ...
Radio Guests for Wednesday, May 27
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Radio Guests | No Comments »Tom Sullivan: The author or Called to Knighthood: The Sacrament of Confirmation in the Kingdom Family of God told us about his studies about Confirmation, and how it is the highest duty of the faithful to train our young people ...
Saying Goodbye
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In the first reading today from Acts 20, we hear the conclusion of Paul's farewell address to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus. What a stirring and moving speech. In it, he quotes Jesus with words that we do ...
Life is of No Importance
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Interesting title for today's reflection, eh? I can hear it now..."Gus, what's happened to you?? Are you no longer pro-life?" But those words about the unimportance of life are not mine, they are St. Paul's. That's right, we see them ...
Memorial Day
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »A bit of a deviation from our normal format today. I've still got the link for today's readings at the bottom of this post. And, of course, I encourage you to read them. There is, as always, much richness. I ...
Consecrated in Truth
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »Since we talked about the readings for the Feast of the Ascension on Thursday, today we'll concentrate on the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The Gospel reading today is from John 17. It is part of Jesus' lengthy soliloquy at the ...
