Sunday’s readings (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time) include the well known parable from Matthew’s Gospel of the Sower and the Seed. Jesus calls us to be aware of the Word of God planted in our hearts. We are challenged to cultivate our relationship with Jesus so that our own lives Read more…
Farming is a dignified calling, and yields some marvelous correlations for marriage and family life. Jennings County Indiana is populated with one family farm after another. During two of my years as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, I served as pastor for two small parishes in Jennings County, Read more…
As I prayed last night and again this morning in preparation for this Lenten journey, the phrase came to mind: “Less consumption, more production.” I doubt that mantra would fly for long on the lips of present presidential candidates, but it is not an economic formula, but rather has Read more…