Category: Reflections

On Tuesday, a friend and I made a visit to St. Mary’s Seminary. Associated with the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s provides the major seminary experience for students from most of the dioceses of Texas. It was a beautiful place. Our first stop, since we were uninvited visitors, was the chapel. Setup in choral…

I broke up a fortune cookie some point during the last week that held the proverb “You’ll accomplish more later if you take some time for yourself.” How do you decide which things you let go? Vanessa and I had similar discussions this week and through all of that, I’m still left with the question,…

Peace be with you! We are now a day into the season of Advent- a time of attentiveness and preparation. I look at Advent as a “mini-Lent”. Advent is the time of preparation for the coming of the Lord. Lent is the time of preparation for His resurrection. I see both of these seasons as…

If you turn to HBO at the right time, George Carlin’s latest special Life is Worth Losing is airing. While he’s crass and many of the content he creates I don’t agree with, he is incredibly smart. This HBO special includes him reflecting on how human beings do things to each other- sucide, murder, torture,…

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. August 10, 2005 – David York, 20 For all those who die and still await their place at the heavenly banquet, may…

A real quick intro to something I hope to expound on later. In today’s Gospel, it says: The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He…