Blessed is the Kingdom

Seeking The Kingdom In All Things

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| October 28, 2011

Here are a few recent posts from around the web that are worth a look. Enjoy! For the Children’s Sake, These Stereotypes About Priests Must Stop That Question Tales From Alabama: Protecting Us From Illegals? For The Faith And Witness Of Stan Musial The Way I See It: Peace

For Christ’s Sake, I Delight In Weaknesses

| August 31, 2011

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10) Have you ever felt that you were not worthy to use the name Christian when describing yourself? Have you ever struggled with that one particular [...]

Be Not Afraid

| August 8, 2011

Fear versus faith is at the heart of my homily for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time. You can listen here.

Lex Orandi Lex Credendi

| June 18, 2011

The Church has sought to preserve this great heritage of faith because she believes that the way she prays defines who she professes to be. As a high school freshman I arrived each day about an hour before classes began. All the students gathered in the cafeteria, which we referred to as The Commons, where [...]

Doubting Thomas (repost)

| April 30, 2011

Last night I received a short message from a friend commenting on this new blog and I have been reflecting upon it ever since. “I enjoyed that. It makes me wish I still believed in God,” he wrote. “Me too,” I thought to myself. The first thing one sees when entering the church where I [...]

Fellowship with the Martyrs

| December 14, 2010

For ourselves, too, we ask some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia) and all the saints. Recently I have been struck during the mass by these words of the Roman Canon. Since I was [...]

Only Say the Word

| November 29, 2010

This morning’s Gospel reading recalls the story of a Roman Centurion who approaches Jesus with the request to heal his servant. When Jesus asks him to take him to his servant his reply is stunning in the faith expressed, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof, but only say the [...]