Gospel Reflections for October 1 2017 Say yes …when you mean yes! We like people who keep their promises. If someone promises you they will do something, you hope they will follow through on that commitment. Life works well to the extent we keep our promises. That is the message of today’s Gospel. Two brothers […]

Gospel Reflections for September 24 2017 Got financial advice? I hope this Gospel can help …but the story of a farmer paying the same wage to workers who arrive at the end of the day to those who have worked all day long doesn’t seem fair! He is paying too much to latecomers who do […]

Gospel Reflections for September 17 2017 Forgiveness 70 x 7 times! (really?) This Gospel speaks powerfully about forgiveness, but that many times? Since my ordination almost forty years ago, I have heard many thousands of Confessions. It remains a very humbling and inspiring experience for me. You might know that at beginning of every Confession […]

Gospel Reflections for September 10 2017 School has started! We have another year of full enrollment at St. Bruno and especially glad to welcome our new families! Do you remember your first day of school? Social scientists believe that day is more important than most people think. For the first time, you spent a lot […]

Gospel Reflections for September 3 2017 Hurricane force wind and rain! I wish there was something we could have done to stop the hurricane from devastating so much of Southern Texas and Louisiana this last week. The scenes of neighborhoods under water and displaced families has been heart-rendering. However, what has been inspirational to see […]