A Time to Speak – A View From the Pew
byMy story goes back 74 years when my parents and their six children attended All Saints Church in Taylorsville, Ky. There was no Catholic…
Editorials & Commentary
An Encouraging Word – The power of dining
byIf you preside at a dinner, be one with the guests. Sirach 32:1 I knew I wanted to be a priest in the second…
Hope in the Lord — Mrs. Doyle’s cross
byI found Mrs. Doyle’s cross this morning. I was trying to make room in my file cabinet for the homily notes that I have…
An Encouraging Word – The mother and son bond
byHe stores up riches who reveres his mother. Sirach 3:4 On April 28, 1944, sometime after lunch, a woman gave birth in the back…
A Time to Speak – How a family responds to Laudato Si’
byIt has been a little over a year since Pope Francis released his encyclical, Laudato Si.’ The document generated a great deal of attention,…
An Encouraging Word – Liar, liar, pants on fire!
byThe truth will set you free. John 8:32 A quote widely attributed to George Orwell says, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the…
Hope in the Lord — Pope Francis’ ‘The Joy of Love’
byNovelist Walker Percy once taught an entire course in English literature based solely on exploring the first sentence of novels — with the insight…
An Encouraging Word – Can you hear me now?
byLoud screaming and howling arose in the camp. Judith 14:19 Why is everyone screaming? It seems that every day people are upping the level…
A Time to Speak – A view from the pew
byMy view from a special “choir pew” provides me with a very extraordinary view. At St. Bernard Church in Louisville, the choir is situated…
An Encouraging Word — Compassion fatigue
byMoses’ hands, however, grew tired; so they took a rock and put it under him, and he sat on it. Exodus 17: 12 “Frankly,…