Monthly Archives: October 2005
Week of Witnesses
This week is one filled with witnesses. A week of red vestments at the liturgy. A week of powerful examples for us all to model our lives after. The Greek word for “witness” is martyr, and the liturgical calendar this week features three feast days of martyrs: Monday, Oct 17th St. Ignatius of Antioch Tuesday, [...]
Stewardship Witnesses
This weekend we are having lay persons give a witness talk about stewardship in conjunction with our parish and archdiocesan annual appeals. Our archdiocese does this each year, and I always enjoy it. I enjoy it not only because stewardship is important to me professionally (I am the Stewardship & Development Director of our parish), [...]
Yom Kippur
Today the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur continues. Our late Holy Father, John Paul II, described Judaism as our “elder brother in faith.” It is very important for all Christians, and most certainly all Catholics, to study Judaism, at least in some form, as our faith was born from it. Remember – Jesus, [...]
Unless you aquire the ears of a child, you cannot understand this homily
Perhaps it’s a God-Incidence, but today’s Gospel account is one that I wrote a children’s homily for some time back. In Robert Fulghum fashion (author of All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten), I think the message and content of the homily is timely today, too. Here’s the Gospel text: (Luke 11:37-41) After [...]
Blogging Hiatus Complete
I’ve been away from my blog for nearly two weeks, and I’m sorry about that. Was reminded of the fact by a friend last night. By the way, yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada. And yes, they eat turkey too (not sure if they know why dark meat is dark, however).
Benedict XVI
(this is the Coat of Arms of his Holiness, Benedict XVI) A friend asked me the other day what I thought of the new pope, and how things have transpired since he was elected. I thought it was an interesting thing to inquire about, so here are my thoughts thus far: Pope Benedict XVI is [...]