Gospel Reflections for March 12 2017 A happy ending story This Gospel was written for people like me, who never liked mystery novels. Whenever I did pick one up, I would quickly look at the last few pages to see the ending. I just never liked waiting to find out. Today, Jesus lets you see […]

Gospel Reflections for March 5 2017 Don’t get fooled! Years ago I received an email from Nigeria saying I would receive several hundred thousand dollars as a gift for being such a good person. All I had to do was to send a few hundred dollars to cover expenses. I knew this was a scam […]

Gospel Reflections for February 26 2017 Seek first the Kingdom of God Whittier is in the national news this week. How can we understand this event? I remember another news event a few years ago that told the heartbreaking story of a family whose house was in the path of one of our frequent Southern […]

Gospel Reflections for February 19 2017 Every Marriage is a series of stops and starts. This weekend we celebrate World Marriage Day. I have been a priest for 39 years now and have witnessed well over 1,000 marriages. I have stood in front of so many young couples at the very beginning of so many […]

Gospel Reflections for February 12 2017 The power to do something good Every year, and only once a year, we change the size of St. Bruno parish. Every other week, our parish includes just the Whittier area, so our programs make Jesus present mainly to the 3,000 families here. We know there are many who […]