Do you want to walk?
Do you want to walk? John 5:1-9
Category: Reflections
Little garden, it’s time to sleep.
I have a little garden. For me, it is like a little church. It’s a place that makes it easy to feel God’s closeness. He teaches me in my garden. I think that, w...
To Be a Sinner
Every Christian has been and continues to be a sinner. Saints are sinners. Have you stopped lying? Have you stopped judging? Have you stopped murdering, even wi...
Golgotha
Golgotha Of the wood, an abrading kiss; of the iron, a spear; of the empty, an edifice; of the heavens, a tear. Of the nails, a piercing bliss; of the sheep, a ...
12 Mystical Places We Visit at Mass: #3 – Cana
At church, we have come to Bethlehem. We have sat with Jesus, listening and learning in the the synagogue at Nazareth. When we look up, we are at a wedding. The...
12 Mystical Places We Visit at Mass: #1 – Bethlehem
There are 12 mystical places we visit at mass. How is this possible? A Catholic Church is a holy place. It is a living and breathing house built by humans and s...
Back and Forth Across the Lawn
The man pushed his gas-powered, unassisted drive lawn mower back and forth across the lawn. He muscled the machine forward and back, left and right, in a search...
The Time When I Visited the Manger
Once, when I was a younger man, I found myself wandering in a shadowy wood. The wood gave way to hills, the hills to plains. The plains to a path that sought to...
The Curse of the Snowflake: A Fable
There once was a young man who cursed the world with a snowflake. He didn’t intend to curse the world at all; it happened very innocently. It was early in March...
Is it the Father who Repays Me?
Is it the Father who repays me? When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you. Almsgiving; charitable donations. Acts of faith, hope, and love; good deed...
