This month I was fortunate to attend the largest analytical chemistry conference in the United States. The Pittsburgh conference, or “Pittcon” as it is referred too, is so big that only a few cities have convention facilities large enough to handle...
There is a stanza in the ancient hymn Dies Irae (Day of wrath) of all hymns that reminds us of the core message of the gospel narrative (Jn 4:5-42) for the Third Sunday of Lent. Quaerens me sedisti lassus, Redimisti Crucem passus, tantus labor non...
The narrative of the Transfiguration is proposed to our consideration not once but twice a year! (Also on August 6). It is that important. It is about our future of glory in the following context: Do not conform yourselves to this age but be...
I grew up on a farm, and sometimes I rode with my father on the tractor when he was out working in the fields. On occasion he let me take the steering wheel; that was okay, because he was still the one actually driving. When I was about eleven...
In order to appreciate and benefit from what the Church offers to our consideration every first Sunday of Lent there are several facets of the narrative of the temptations of Jesus in the desert that we have to keep before our eyes. We have to see...
This weekend marks the first Sunday of Lent. Much has been written over the years regarding the sacrificial practices that have traditionally been associated with the season of Lent. But it is important for us to remember that, above all else, the...
Time is a problem for us. We live lives filled with multiple options with an array of many things to do and opportunities to engage ourselves in any number of tasks. Sometimes, maybe most of the time, we have so many things to do we don’t know which...
It is simply tragic and foolish, for any of us mortals, to live by the fallacy that we “have time”. It is simply tragic and foolish also to assume that we have the right to find time for this and that, along with the right not to have time for...
