Father John shares a special memory. https://youtu.be/pfM7Vahspf4
A special memory for Father John
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Finding Christ in the Ordinary
As you get ready to celebrate our Savior's birth as he was born in a manger first, Christmas is a reminder that Jesus didn't break into our world in a temple or a palace. He broke into our world in a humble, dirty, smelly, cold, stable, and a small little town in the...
Advent: The gift you should be giving
If these days leading up to Christmas, I think just about all of us are still trying to find that perfect gift for the people we love. And in the season of giving to the people we care about, we often forget that it's Jesus' birthday. Should we give him something as...
Advent: Making Room for Christ
In the second and third week of Advent, we encounter the figure St. John Baptist. And every year, he barges into the peace and serenity of Advent with his all important message to prepare the way of the Lord. And it's interesting that in this season of adding things,...
Spiritual Housecleaning during the Holidays
As we all continue our Advent journey, we probably feel the pressure building. The pressure to get a lot of things done over the next few weeks before Christmas. We also need to feel the pressure on the inside to make more room in our hearts. If your heart is filled...
The Season of Preparation
Advent's a season of preparation, and we know that because there's a lot of preparation going on right now. We're preparing for Christmas. We're shopping. We're decorating. We're wrapping. We're baking. We're cleaning. We're planning. We know how to prepare. But how...
The reasons you should come to Mass
Why do I need to come to mass on Sunday? And it's a good question. Yes, you can encounter God anywhere but there's only one place you can receive God, and that's in the blessed sacrament, the Eucharist. And while we can encounter god in our prayer, in the beauty of...
Here’s why we pray for the dead
We pray for the dead because we realize that not all of us leave this world having let go of all those things that are still holding us back from God. It's God's final offer of mercy. With this act it helps us remember how much our God loves us. Even if we don't quite...
November and our mortality
November reminds us of our own mortality. And we don't like to think about that. We try to avoid it, but it's healthy for us spiritually to remember that there is more to us as people of faith. Like the painting behind me, one day all of us will go to the lord. Are we...
The power of the Rosary
You know, as Catholics, the rosary is something we often take for granted, but there is great power there. There is great power to get our lady to intercede for us in a powerful way. A few weeks ago, a very anti-Catholic journalist after the Dobbs decision overturning...