An Encouraging Word — A reflection on Fr. Knott’s 10th year
byI find writing you these things no burden. Philemon 3:1 Ten years! Five hundred columns! It is hard to believe that it was 10…
I find writing you these things no burden. Philemon 3:1 Ten years! Five hundred columns! It is hard to believe that it was 10…
A remnant shall return. Isaiah 10:21 Recently, I wrote a column (August 30, 2012) bemoaning the fact that one-third of all Americans who were…
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones. Luke 16:10 I am convinced that one of the…
Turn away from me the reproach which I dread. Psalm 119:39 Not too many weeks ago, I went to the mail box and there…
Sir, we would like to see Jesus! John 12:21 It’s enough to make a priest cry — the fact that one-third of Americans who…
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 For me, the world is a very noisy place. It occurred to me recently…
A man can slip and not mean it. Sirach 19:15 There is a lot of flawed moral reasoning today around the issue of intentionality,…
Be united in the same mind and in the same purpose. I Corinthians 1:10 Glenn Rutherford, editor of The Record, wrote a wonderful editorial…
I shall not die, but live! Psalm 118:17 I have lost count of how many dioceses I have visited to speak to priests. I…
Wrath and hatred are hateful things. Sirach 27:30 After all these years, approximately 20 years to be precise, I still remember it! I was…