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…
4 Feb 2015, Some Thoughts of a Retired Priest
Bizarre as the following might be, these are my thoughts as I am prepping homilies for the coming weekend. I don’t speak for anyone but myself, and I have only…
Thoughts on Holy Week Liturgies
During the liturgies of Holy Week with their appropriate emphasis on ceremonies, and hearing the arguments about liturgical purity, the Tridentine Mass, whether women’s feet should be washed on…
Easter Thoughts 2014
Jesus’ Resurrection is so great and profound that there are any number of ways to hear it speaking to us in our lives now, and not just offering hope for…
23 March 2014, Woman at the Well
In today’s Gospel Story (John 4:5-52) Jesus meets the Samaritan Woman at the well. According to Jewish religious law at the time, Jews were forbidden to have any contact with…
Final Response to Vatcan Questionnaire
Final Version - Response to Questionnaire for Family Synod What I have written here is the result of numerous discussions with a number of folks and in greater depth than…
17 November, Homily Maybe . . .
God “happens” in our reality, not in our fantasy, and in our present, not our past or future. God is “happening” in the commotion going on in the church today…
15 November, Thoughts During PT
This morning I received this email from a respected friend: “Here's a question: If God was willing to allow Adam and Eve (and so many others in our salvation history)…
15 November, Bishops Don’t Speak for All of Us
Increasing numbers of folks are saying “the bishops don’t speak for me”. Some would go so far as to say, “the church does not speak for me”. There are many…
14 November, Current Church
In the Gospel Story for this Sunday (Luke 21:5-19) Jesus speaks of the end times when things will get bad before he comes again. In many ways this Story can…