An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore and our unusual winter weather suggest that we need to apologize to God and Planet Earth for the misuse of land, water, and air. The dangers of climate change should be a call to prayer and action. Let us pray: Creator God, we praise

“Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40 NRSV How can you tell if you really love God? Is there any way of knowing whether you’re on the road

Remember Levi? Yes, that one—the tax collector. I really like that guy. He had a profession, a lucrative position, the esteem of his colleagues. Yet when he heard “Follow me,” he left everything. Levi’s decision was a step down the socio-economic ladder, one that took away much of his security.

As ashes were placed on our foreheads, did you hear “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return?” Perhaps we think of ourselves as mere dust, akin to the dust balls under our bed. But what if we heard, “Remember you are stardust, and to the Great Radiance

The Holy Spirit has inspired me to make 2 Cor. 8:9 (in Pope Francis’ Lenten letter) as my mantra for this Lent. Based on self-knowledge of my visual learning manner, I find it more fruitful to memorize the Scripture by accenting the “connecting phrases” in italics… For you know…the Grace

This morning I will go downtown to Michael’s Café and Bakery, the best place in the state for the perfect paczki. Although I’m already salivating over the lemon-filled ones, my main purpose is to sing paczki carols, parodies to familiar tunes about the delectable gems baked fresh this morning. Business

While watching the Olympics recently, haven’t you heard about the “big mistakes”? Someone was behind .04 seconds! Huge! If a hundredth of a second can have so much meaning with such great or such disastrous results, what about the seconds in our day? On February 3, we at St. Richard

Humility is hard to come by unless you’re God. If anyone has a right to pride, it’s God. God has absolute bragging rights about everything. Yet God—being infinitely good—is infinitely humble. First of all, God is honest, and that’s the basis of humility. Honesty is right relationship with all that

Did you ever notice that when you’re fully engaged in an activity, you rarely lose energy; and if you do, it’s a good kind of tiredness? In your home, in your church, in your everyday activities, are you fully engaged? If so, you’ll find yourself becoming stronger, more energized—actually even

God said, “Let there be light,” and there it was! This was the Big Bang! This weekend’s Gospel calls us to be light. God’s love exploded in light, and sparks of that light continue in every creature. The light of evolution continues in us in whom love is evolving. Every