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 […]

Gospel Reflections for August 27 2017 Lessons in leadership Today’s Gospel story about St. Peter is just one of the reasons we have a Pope. At a time when much attention is focused on political leaders all over the world, these verses offer a different way of looking at leadership. Jesus speaks to Peter near […]

Gospel Reflections for August 20 2017 Total eclipse of the sun? Tomorrow the moon will block out the sun. Don’t panic, because it will only last for a few minutes, and it will only be a very partial eclipse here in Southern California. Sunlight will slowly emerge again, as it has every time this astronomical […]