Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

Some time back there was a book called “The Gospel According to Peanuts,” dispensing spiritual wisdom from Charlie Brown. Today I’d like to ...

One of the first things I noticed when we moved to BC in 1976 was trees. Big trees. Of course we had big trees in Ontario, but they were mos...

I shouldn’t be admitting this in front of the younger parishioners who are still in school, but I was a very lazy student. In high school yo...

Holy Trinity parish had their First Holy Communion two weeks ago. One of our parishioners who was there told me that Father Comey actually s...

When we celebrated Confirmation a couple of weeks ago, I told a story that also fits in well with Mother's Day. It was about the teenage...

One of my favourite places on the planet is the Abbey of Monte Cassino, about 130 kilometres south of Rome. It stands on top of the mountain...

Two of my favourite parishioners are Scots Presbyterians. Well, since they are Presbyterians, it might be more accurate to call them “honour...