Tag: Pastoral Blogging

Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around the Christmas tree.  On Christmas morning my brothers and I would wake up be we could not come out into th...

There is the old axiom “It is better to give then to receive” but I prefer to receive gifts than to give them, not because I am cheap but because I hate shoppin...

“Let my prayer rise like incense, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.” Psalm 140:2 These words from Psalm 140 are used during the celebration of...

One of the things I like best about the Christmas season is the music.  Not the modern junk that is out there, although I do like some of the Celtic Christmas m...

Fr. John is really trying to stretch my imagination with the topic of today, the foot.  The foot has to be the ugliest part of the human body, no wonder it is l...

So the holiday season is upon us.  For some this is a time of great excitement and for others this is a time of depression.  Maybe they have lost a loved one ov...

Today, November 30th, is the Feast of the Holy and First Called Apostle Andrew.  St. Andrew has a special place in my heart as he is the patron saint of Scotlan...

Over the next few days Americans will spend upwards of $60 billion dollars in retail sales on stuff that they think will make them happy.  That works out to abo...

Prior to 1863 the National Holiday of Thanksgiving that we know in US did not exists.  Each state would set their own dates for a general time of giving thanks ...