When: The first weekend of August, 1994 Where: Catholic Charismatic Conference at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa. Something had happened that Spring and I was angry with God–so angry that by the time the conference arrived, I didn’t even want to go to Mass. (I can’t ever remember not…

Next Hospitality Committee Meeting is Tuesday, May 21st, 9:15am, at St. Patrick’s Church Hall.

Next Pastoral Council Meeting is Monday, May, 20th, 6;30pm, at St. Stephen’s Parish House

Nested wooden dolls, also called matryoshka, babushka, and stacking dolls, originated in China and are popular in Russia. The set appears as one doll, which opens up to reveal a smaller doll hidden inside; then this, too, opens to reveal a still smaller one, all the way down to the…

In today’s gospel readings, Jesus tells his disciples, “whoever loves Me, keeps my Word and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.” In other words, God wants to make His dwelling place in our hearts. We humans think of our heart as…

It’s not hard to comprehend “you must love one another just as I have loved you,” although actually living it isn’t always so easy, but the rest of the passage? “Glorify the Lord,” “Give glory to the Lord,” “Be glorified in the Lord”: it all sounds rather …glorious, but what does it…

Sheep are really very stupid animals. I bet you have never gone to a circus and seen any trained sheep! Sheep have a very strong flocking instinct and seldom act independently. They are apparently the only domesticated animal that can’t go wild. If they get separated from the flock, they don’t know…

Today we’ve been given a choice of two Gospels – although they’re similar, one has an extended ending that we don’t often hear. This part of the narrative begins after Jesus fixed breakfast for the disciples. Jesus and Peter had a “little conversation,” and it might have just been between the two…

I’m going to start you off today with a little “Liturgical Trivia!” Today’s gospel is the only gospel during the Easter season (except Easter itself) that is shared during all three Liturgical cycles. All three cycles on this 2nd Sunday of Easter focus on Jesus’ post resurrection appearance, first to the disciples…

Do you remember the poem about the six blind men and the elephant? Each one encountered a different part of the elephant – the side, the tusk, the trunk, the knee, the ear, and the tail – and determined in their own mind that the piece they found was defined the aspect…