Today, in the Diocese of Cheyenne, we ask God’s blessings upon our crops and livestock. We pray for all who make their living from the land, that God may bless our labors, and through them, draw us closer to Himself. Lord God, You are King of heaven and earth. You Read more
I have been travelling the western parishes of the state this week conferring the Sacrament of Confirmation. After finishing in Pinedale Thursday night, I remained out west for a sad occasion today. Today we will celebrate a closing Mass at the mission Church of St. Dominic in Cokeville, founded in Read more
On this day of the March for Marriage, enjoy the video below.
Our world today needs a Savior as much as any time in salvation history. In our day, many want to deny the existence of God or at least ignore God in order to have the false freedom to live as they wish. But the truth is that the immortal God Read more
One sad reality that came more clearly into view for me during our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the plight of the Palestinian people under the Israeli policies. If you have kept up with this blog in recent weeks, you know what a powerful experience we had during Read more
This week the Church is listening to the Bread of Life discourse, given by Jesus after a miraculous multiplication of two fishes and five loaves of bread. The miracle took place along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in a place known as Tabgha, or Seven Springs. In time, Read more
I’m happy to share with you this year’s Living and Giving in Christ; Unity Through Diocesan Ministries Video. Please prayerfully consider supporting this year’s annual appeal for the Diocese of Cheyenne.
Even though I will make at least one more post here sometime soon regarding the Israeli / Palestinian conflict, I wish this morning to thank the Pilgrim Center of Hope for their outstanding work in preparing for and leading this pilgrimage. More specifically, I wish to thank Mary Jane and Read more
Now that we our pilgrimage has come to an end, rather than giving a day-by-day account, I’ll recall the sites of Jerusalem according to our Lord’s final entrance into Jerusalem and his Passion. (Our group arrived home shortly after noon today. The pilgrimage far exceeded our expectations!) The Upper Room: Obviously, Read more
Ein Karim is believed to be the community in the Judean hillsides (Luke 1: 39-40) where our Blessed Mother visited her cousin, Elizabeth. Ein Karim is only 7 miles from Jerusalem and about 100 miles from Nazareth, so it would have taken Mary about two weeks to journey to this Read more