On this Feast of St. Andrew, we seek his intercession. As he brought his own brother, Peter to Christ, may he bring us also into this life-giving relationship with the Christ! One of the great opportunities before us in this day and age is to renew the most basic relationship Read more…
Nature has always been a place of graced encounter with the Creator. The human person, as one created by God, is also the only part of creation upon whom God bestows his own image and likeness. Thus it follows that a truly graced place of encounter with God is precisely Read more…
By now, you have discovered that I am sharing the daily live feed Mass with the rector of the Cathedral and one of our auxiliary bishops. I will normally take the Tuesday, Friday and Sunday Masses. In the readings today, (John 10) Jesus teaches that he and the Father are Read more…
Yesterday, St. Andrew’s Parish in Eagle River celebrated their 50th Anniversary as a parish. Coincidently, their pastor, Archbishop-Emeritus Schwietz is celebrating next month his 50th anniversary as a priest! To say the least, we had a lovely Mass and celebration! The Gospel for Mass, Matthew 4: 18-22 recalled Jesus walking Read more…
“The crowd was pressing in on Jesus…” In today’s Gospel (Luke 5:1-11), Jesus is seen preaching along the Lake of Gennesaret, or perhaps better known as the Sea of Galilee. Our initial focus is not so much on the crowd as it is upon the person of Jesus. Even though Read more…
Always a favorite feast of mine, today has been a special celebration of the Conversion of St. Paul. For more than any reason, from the very beginning of this day, I have been blessed with a sense of the nearness of Christ, and that grace has abided throughout the day. Read more…
Now in his third full day of this pastoral visit to the United States, our Holy Father is hitting all the right notes in his various homilies and addresses. He is not only the Chief Shepherd of the Church, but a beautiful presence of the Good Shepherd. If there was Read more…