Today’s readings speak of the total commitment required of those who wish to know and accomplish God’s will in their lives. From marriage to every other vocation or form of service for the sake of God’s Kingdom, we are asked to love without measure. Elijah is discourage as the end Read more…
As I prepare to leave southern Indiana behind once again to return to Anchorage, I wish to share some final thoughts about our family’s experience of accompanying Mom through her final days. Please bear with me for one final reflection. At the prayer service the night before Mom’s funeral, each Read more…
As we listen again today to the Passion of Jesus, I’m reminded how much God’s ways are not our own. Even Jesus, who throughout his earthly ministry was in intimate communion with the Father, experienced a certain ‘darkness’ in fulfilling the Father’s will in his Passion and Death, and thus Read more…
At the conclusion of last night’s Liturgy, which is simply a pause in the one Liturgy of these days of the Easter Triduum, we accompanied Jesus and his disciples “across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.” (John 18: 1) Jesus Read more…
As this Holy Week begins, we are encouraged to recognize Christ as our King. The glory of Jesus is revealed in humble love, suffering and service. As the second reading today teaches: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to Read more…
Jesus Is Listening As I processed through the church last night with our Lord during the Eucharistic procession, I almost felt like I was eavesdropping on the most intimate conversations. I was highly aware of the Lord’s awareness of each and every person we passed by during the procession. Jesus is Read more…
In today’s readings, we hear in the Letter to the Hebrews about faith, which is defined as follows: Faith is the realization of what is h0ped for and evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) It was by the gift of faith that Abraham was capable of answering God’s call to Read more…
During last night’s Confirmation Mass at the Cathedral, I shared with those to be confirmed news I received early Sunday morning. I learned of the death of a friend and former parishioner from my nine years as pastor at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in New Albany, Indiana. I shared this Read more…
It’s amazing to me how the truth of the Scriptures continually ‘open’ with each passing year of one’s pilgrimage in this life. Once again today, I ‘heard’ a new ‘reality’ of God’s Kingdom while reading the Gospel. Jesus shares another parable of the Kingdom of heaven with us: “The Kingdom Read more…
Today, for the second consecutive year, married couples gathered at St. Patrick in Casper to celebrate marriage. It is so humbling to be with these men and women who have remained faithful to each other and their promises of love over the years. With the Sunday readings speaking about the importance Read more…