Aug. 25, 2024Today we conclude five weeks of readings from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of St. John. On the first week, we read the story of the multiplication of loaves and fishes. And for the pas...  Read More

Aug. 18, 2024Our first two readings for this week speak of wisdom. In the first, the Book of Proverbs tells us that Wisdom has built herself a house and invites all to come and feast at her table. In ...  Read More

Aug. 11, 2024This Sunday we continue our reflection on the Bread of Life Discourse, in chapter six of the Gospel of St. John.  Jesus’ listeners are offended that He calls Himself the bread that com...  Read More

Aug. 4, 2024Last Sunday we began a five-week series of readings focused on the sixth chapter of the Gospel of St. John. We began with the story of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes last week...  Read More

July 28, 2024Each of the Gospels include the story of the multiplication of loaves and fishes. Each includes some details that are not in the others. My favorite telling of the story is the Gospel tha...  Read More

July 21, 2024This Monday, July 22, we celebrate the feat of Mary Magdalene. There are very few saints whose reputation has been more unjustly sullied by the Church itself, than Mary Magdalene. How did...  Read More

July 14, 2024A few weeks ago, Bishop Iffert launched a Campaign for Mercy in the Diocese of Covington. This campaign is based on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy and encourages all parishes a...  Read More

July 7, 2024Our second reading for today is taken from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. Paul has talked about a man (it was actually Paul himself) who was “taken up to the seventh heav...  Read More

June 30, 2024On Thursday we will celebrate the Fourth of July, Independence Day. It has always intrigued me that we celebrate our nation’s independence, not on the day that we won the Revolutionary ...  Read More

June 23, 2024In this week’s Gospel we see the Apostles and Jesus in a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee. Jesus is sleeping, as a squall blew up, and the waves were threatening to sink the boat. Panic...  Read More

June 16, 2024Many years ago, I heard a comedian talking about how kids relate differently to fathers and mothers. He spoke about a boy who played football throughout his school years. His dad took him...  Read More

June 9, 2024The first three chapters of the Book of Genesis tell the story of the creation of the world and the calamitous fall of man.   Adam and Eve listened to the lies of the serpent (Satan), an...  Read More