April 2, 2023, Palm Sunday Thoughts
Both the Gospel Story read during the Blessing of Palms and the Passion Narrative read as the Gospel of the Palm Sunday Mass tell us of what happened in Jesus’…
Coronavirus and Good Friday
On Good Friday we recall the sufferings and death of Jesus, while knowing full well that we will celebrate the Resurrection on Sunday. We believe Jesus died to the life…
Random Thoughts, December 2018
With the distressing news of current events in the church there is a lot of talk these days about clericalism — the system where celibate male priests/bishops/cardinals who have been…
Some thoughts on Holy Family Sunday 2017
These are some random thoughts on what the Gospel Story for the Feast of the Hoy Family says to me as I have been pondering it in the setting of…
Some thoughts on calling priests “Father”
Recently a well respected (definitely by me) Presbyterian Elder wrote an article entitled “Maybe it's time to reconsider calling priests ‘Father’" for the NCR (National Catholic Reporter). He had some…
Random thoughts, December 2016
Recently I was asked to join the board of an international organization dedicated to church reform. This has caused, or at least provided an opportunity for, some introspection on my…
Current local events — convocation
As the annual Convocation of Priests approaches, a theme of which is the priest shortage, there have been “consultative” meetings where doctrine from on high is presented to the priests.…
VP Biden Officiates Same Sex Wedding
As is fairly well known, recently Vice President Joe Biden officiated at the same sex wedding of two friends of his in his official residence. As would be expected, the…
Where are th bishops these days?
With all the recent madness in our country it would be nice to see some leadership from the USCCB, the American Catholic Bishops. Unfortunately there has been precious little. Unless…
Thoughts on Abp Chaput’s guidelines
Recently Archbishop Chaput asserted in a new set of “pastoral“ guidelines that “divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, as well as cohabitating unmarried couples, must ‘refrain from sexual intimacy’ to receive…