Resolve to come back to church

In these first few days of the New Year many of us are struggling with beginning resolutions to improve our lives. For many this involves losing weight and getting in better physical shape. For some it involves straightening out their financial lives.No matter what your particular resolution, deciding to go back to Church, or perhaps … Continue reading Resolve to come back to church

Time, talent, and treasure

This morning for the first time I processed up the main aisle and on to the altar, and then stepped up to the lectern in front of my fellow parishioners at the 7:30am Mass at St. Christopher's Church in Somerton to present the first reading from the Old Testament.The selection was from the 1st book … Continue reading Time, talent, and treasure

A Good Catholic boy

During the course of our lives most of us are going to have any number of labels placed upon us by others. Some we will wear with pride: hard worker, strong willed, high energy. Others will cause us to reevaluate ourselves: lacks effort, undisciplined, tardy.Recently, someone hung on me the moniker of being a "good … Continue reading A Good Catholic boy