Sunday, September 20, 2020

Practical Ways to Stand Unshaken (25.A)

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  After the four o’clock Mass yesterday, I asked a parishioner what she thought of my homily. She answered “It was long… but good.” I woul...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Primacy of Peter Does Matter to Us (21.A)

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I've mentioned before that I thought the pandemic was going to give me some time to read, at long last. Well, we all know what a crazy i...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Everyone is Welcome in God's House (20.A)

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  I took the ferry to Victoria at the start of my short vacation last month. The car ahead of mine in the ferry lineup had US license plates...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Listening in a Noisy World (19.A)

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We live in a noisy world. In fact, many people have noticed that life got quieter when the pandemic shut down the planes and reduced the tra...
Sunday, August 2, 2020

Expect to be fed! (18.A)

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I began my brief acting career in 1968 by appearing in a production of the musical “Oliver!” I auditioned for the starring role of Oliver Tw...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

God is Kind, and Asks the Same of Us (16.A)

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“This is our time to be kind, to be calm, and to be safe.” Kind, calm, and safe. We find Dr. Bonnie Henry’s catchphrase on T-shir...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Parents, Teacher, Priests, Evangelizers: We Sow, but God Grants the Growth (15.A)

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T he delightful Danish comedian and musician  Victor Borge decided to buy a chicken farm. “But you don’t know anything about breeding ...