5th Sunday of Lent April 10, 2011 “Do-It-Yourself” Jn 11:1-45 Among priests one hears a joke in which a pastor tells his parishioners that he is terribly afraid of dying in the confessional. “Why?” they ask him. He replies, “Because no one would find me for days!” Another priest told me that, after six...
March 06, 2011 Just Do It! Mt 7:21-27 Two neighbors were talking about church one Sunday morning. The first one complained: “I think going to church is just a waste of time. Since childhood I have gone to Mass every Sunday. I must have heard well over 3,000 sermons. But honestly, I can’t remember...
Christmas Day December 25, 2010 Baby Power! Lk 2:1-14 The parish has a new priest. Every afternoon, he went around, trying to meet as many parishioners as he could. He knocked on the door of one home. No one answered, but he knew someone was inside because he heard the TV and some movements...
