Archives for 2013

In a sermon earlier today Pope Francis preached: “They complain,” the Pope said in his homily, because they say, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” And Jesus corrects them: “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.” […]

Today the “Run for the Wall” arrived at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. As you can see from the photograph, I was there. Standing next to me was my boss, a retired Lt. Col. (nicknamed a “Light Colonel”). We had a chance to talk. I mentioned to him the Viet Nam Memorial […]

Well, I will just comment that I am old enough to remember when the team that won the post-season playoffs on a regular basis was Chicago. In fact, I can even remember the Los Angeles Lakers being the team to beat. And then there were the Celtics … You get the idea. Teams rise up […]

Here is a quote from the AP concerning a talk that Pope Francis gave recently: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the “cult of money” that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that […]

I have no long comment to make about the IRS. The comments are certainly being made by every news organization. What I find interesting are the groups from the other side that are now coming out and saying that they, too, believe that they have been audited for political purposes in the recent past. The […]

As a priest, I hear confessions. In fact, I hear confessions all the time, not simply when I am officiating the formal Sacrament. But, many times when people think that they are confessing to God, they are really telling me of an event in their lives that continues to cause them pain. That is, they […]