Jan 31, 2022
From the 6pm Mass on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at St. Ignatius Parish in George Town, Cayman Islands (it's a long story, but over 20 years ago, the Cayman Islands came under the care of the Archbishop of Detroit. So the Archbishop and I are making a pastoral visit [because of COVID, this is the first pastoral visit in...
Jan 24, 2022
From the 8am Sunday Mass on January 23, 2022 at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington.
Today we celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God. To read the Word of God well, we must be humble. The question is, what does God say? Not, what do I want to hear God say?
God is the God of life, and His Word is the Word of Life. Saturday...
Jan 17, 2022
From the 11:15am Mass of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, on January 16, 2022, at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington.
What is "ordinary" for a Christian?
Jan 10, 2022
From the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, on Sunday, January 9, 2022 from the 9:30am Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington.
"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." We were baptized by Jesus; we were baptized into Jesus. This makes us God's children, and the Heavenly Father is pleased with us.
As our...
Jan 3, 2022
From the 11:15am Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington.
On the Feast of the Epiphany, we celebrate Jesus being manifested to the world. Vatican II encouraged people to get "more involved." People got more involved in the liturgy, but just kind of stopped there....