Comfort My People — My call to the priesthood
byMy first memory of considering becoming a priest was at age 5 or 6, when our Irish pastor advised me to consider it —…
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Comfort My People — Life: Our Sign of Hope – Respect Life Month
byEvery person, regardless of their life circumstances, has been created in God’s image and likeness. With this knowledge, each year the month of October…
Comfort My People — Spiritual connection with God
byThe past few weeks have been quite long, hot and humid, making everything outdoors feel almost overwhelming. The heat and humidity can drain our…
Comfort My People — Unexpected surprises in Life
byFor many reasons, certainly among them challenges that I have been recently called upon to address, I have been reflecting again upon when things…
Comfort My People — Faith in the resurrection
byThe Lord is risen from the tomb!!! Alleluia!! Alleluia!! The celebration of Easter invites us anew to embrace and rejoice in this central reality…
Comfort My People — Lenten Journey
byWe have entered the stretch of the season of Lent, when the season can seem to weigh upon us. It can be a challenge…
Comfort My People — Season of Lent
byAs we prepare to enter the season of Lent, a season in the Church’s liturgical year, we seek through the spiritual discipline of our…
Comfort My People — Embracing new experiences
byWe recently celebrated during the Christmas season the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. At Jesus’ Baptism, he is revealed as God’s own…
Comfort My People — ‘The Lord has allowed us to live to see another Christmas Day!’
byOne of my childhood memories from Christmas Day each year is very simple, yet rich and profound. At some point during Christmas Day, my…
Comfort My People — God and his saints are with us
byOne of the things that we can all identify with is the innate desire within us to be shielded and protected or to rest…