As Catholics, we stake our lives on a mystery that stunned Jesus’ first followers: the bread and wine at Mass become His real Body and Blood. Not a symbol, not a memory, but Christ Himself—present…
ASH WEDNESDAY REVISITED
I’ve found myself feeling oddly emotional coming to this day, Ash Wednesday. I’m not going to have an emotional breakdown (well I hope) and I get how weird this might sound. Because of all the…
WHAT JESUS WILLS
Just reading that first reading from Leviticus, here in the year 2021 it has a different feel than ever before. We heard spelled out for us a mandate from scripture of how people were quarantined…
THE POINT OF THE MIRACLE
I think of the 4,000 emails that currently sit in my inbox, less than a handful have been intentionally saved for over 12 years, like this one: Hey Fr. Jim - So on Friday I…