Salvador Dali Candlesticks

 You might have noticed some different candlesticks on the Daily Mass Chapel; I have used them every Lent.  But, it’s been a few years since I offered an explanation about them and a few people have asked to hear it again so I offer it, once again, for your information.  In the summer of 1979, I went on vacation to Spain with a priest-friend of mine.  Touring the country, we ended up one day in the little town of Figueres in Catalonia.  As we waited for the restaurants […]

Many of us are finding life to be a little more difficult this year as a result of the economic and political uncertainty that our country faces.  The challenges we face are multiplied many times over in other parts of the world where resources are much more limited and people struggle to survive even in normal times.  Many of the Catholics in the 34 countries and 14 dependent territories in Latin America are experiencing serious challenges.  A high percentage – 31% – of the people in Latin America live in […]

Jesus sat in the middle of the crowd on the hillside.  Some of them had been with him for a few days as he began his public ministry, but many of them were new today.  They had all come to hear his teaching.  Rumors were running wild about what he was going to say.  Most of the rumors were about this new kingdom he had announced was at hand.  Everyone was interested in a new kingdom.  They weren’t at all happy about the one that the Romans had imposed on […]

It’s been an unusually cold winter, hasn’t it?  I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for spring!  Liturgically, Lent – which means “spring” – is almost here; it starts this week with Ash Wednesday.  Just as the natural world is reawakened and renewed every spring, each year, the Church, in her wisdom, offers us this liturgical Season of Lent, a season for reconciliation and renewal in preparation for Easter, when we celebrate the new life Jesus offers through his death and Resurrection.

On Ash Wednesday, we will again be […]