Pause with me for a second, and think back—when was the last time you scrolled through social media after someone you knew passed away? You know the kind of moment: a flood of posts, basically…
WOE SHEPHERDS
Rarely does the first reading, let alone the first words of the first reading kind of stop me in my tracks as today’s did. The prophet Jeremiah begins with the word “WOE” - (which, in…
WHATS IN YOUR BAG?
The last time I was able to travel to Italy was over 5 years ago (and after over a year of basically not going anywhere, it feels even longer than that) But truth be told,…
FEELING LIKE A FAILURE
Have you ever felt like a failure? Or maybe a better question is “when was the last time you felt like a failure?” since more than likely each of us has gone through that experience…
MORE THAN WORDS
Along with courses in scripture, sacraments, church history, morality, we had a couple of classes in seminary that tried to help us learn how to act in pastoral situations - encounters whereas a priest we…
GOD IS GOOD – Summer 2021 Appeal
SUMMER APPEAL 2021 This week, Redhawk Catholic - Newman Catholic at MSU kicked off our first appeal since the pandemic hit (our last formal appeal was December 2019) Grateful to already two days since the…
JESUS, DO YOU NOT CARE?
“Do you not care” - the words kind of jump off the page when you read them. The apostles have that very raw outcry to Jesus in the midst of what is described as a…
#ACrippleHasWalked – AND OTHER MIRACLES
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Twitter, when you log into the social-media site, there’s a listing titled “what’s happening” that is updated pretty frequently to tell you the main topics being discussed…
A 13 YEAR OLD MARTYR’S TESTIMONY – Corpus…
Around 1949, when the Communist party came to power in China, one of the first ways they began their campaign of fear and oppression on the people was with an assault on the Catholic Christians. …