The great Triduum is considered to be one great liturgy lasting three days. During this time we are invited to engage in intense communion with Jesus Christ. We walk with Christ on his journey from Table and Eucharist to Trial and Execution to Tomb...
Given that we are now in the holiest week of the Church year, we enter into a deeper expression of our lenten observance which is known as passion-tide. The Church’s liturgy invites us to join ourselves more closely to the passion, death, and...
The Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a sign of contradiction. It is the core symbol of all Christians. It stands at the very summit of Christ’s saving entrance into humanity, and it stands at the very bottom of Christ’s...
As Americans struggle during these hard times which many economists call a Recession, there are those in industry and education that are starting to use the “D” word – Depression. This is a radical term but is it realistic? Some say yes. The other...
Now that the American public is supposed to understand the “big picture” and appreciate how much our legislators are doing for us with these billion dollar savings, I need to have a calculator that does billions and trillions. In his 2012 budget...
Blood is life-giving; it is the essential element in sustaining us in life. Babies in the womb receive oxygen and nutrients from their mothers’ blood. When natural disasters occur the Red Cross appeals for blood donors. During surgeries it sustains...
The second biggest “Creaster” feast of the year is coming and I can imagine the furor at the local parishes as they anticipate a crowd normally three to four times what they see on a weekly basis. The large screen TV’s, the metal chairs, the...
I remember riding in an Army truck with 15 other National Guardsmen that had spent a July night on fire duty in Detroit. It was late July, 1967 and one of the guys leaned over and said to me, “you know this City is never going to be the same.” I...
