It’s been a difficult few months to be sure. Our newsfeeds are flooded with stories of war from the Holy Land, rising tensions with Iran, and violence in Lebanon. Religious bigotry and attacks on Catholics-…
BUT JESUS IT’S EASIER TO REMAIN TICKED OFF…
Hi everyone - here's my homily for the 23rd SUNDAY OF THE ORDINARY TIME - SEPT 7, 2014. The readings for today can be found at: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090714.cfm Thanks as always for reading, sharing it on Twitter, Facebook,…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 8: HUMBLY LOVING CHRIST
Hello everyone. Hard to believe that today is the last day of our pilgrimage. The day started relatively early with us arriving at the Vatican at 7 am for 7:15 Mass at the Tomb of…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 6: Re-adjusting our vision
Hi everyone - greetings from back in Rome! Today started out with a final Mass in Assisi at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (St. Mary of the Angels) which is a Church within…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 7: CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
Its hard to believe that we are in our last days of the Pilgrimage! Today started out with a visit to the Major Basilica of St. John Lateran where we celebrated Mass in one of…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 5: – CHANGE THE WORLD
Have to admit I was a bit surprised by how moved I got this morning walking over to Celebrate Mass at Basilica di St. Chiara (St. Claire of Assisi's burial place). Getting things set up…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 4: To those w faith no…
MONDAY, July 21So many of you remember that it was only two years ago that I made my first visit to Italy (truth be told it was my fist time ever out of the country.…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 2: Looking to Mary for inspiration…
Hi everyone - so here we are - day two of our pilgrimage. The one thing I've forgotten from the last two pilgrimages is how much walking there is! Yesterday between a "stroll" to…
PILGRIMAGE DAY 1: “They Finally came to Rome…”…
Hi everyone - so the 33 pilgrims joined us today arriving on the Red Eye at 7:30 am Rome time. We all got back to the hotel gave them a few minutes to wash up…