Parish News & Reflections

The livestream of the Fort Hood execution was called off, but the execution and the question remain. Starting from Jesus and the coin, a pastoral word on the death penalty,…

Isaiah says God casts down the chains that bind all peoples, and Jesus fills the wedding hall with whoever the servants can find. This week, a pastoral word to those…

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. On the eve of the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of Saint Francis, a reflection on a ruined chapel, a small…

You have said the way of the Lord is not fair, God answers through Ezekiel. Is it my way that is not fair, or is it yours? A direct look…

My thoughts are not your thoughts, says the Lord. A reflection on hopelessness, Isaiah 55, and the parable of the vineyard workers, alongside an announcement: a plenary indulgence for Mass…

Anger and fury are abominable, Sirach says, and the sinful man will be held by them — not the other way around. A reflection on the actual logic of forgiveness,…

Love is the plenitude of the law, and love does no harm. That is not a vague sentiment — it is a specific, testable claim. A direct look at forgiveness,…

Peter wanted a Messiah without a cross. So does Christian Nationalism. Get behind me, Satan, Jesus said, to the disciple who wanted an easier gospel. This Sunday's readings call us…

Today the Church remembers Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, patron of our sister parish's diocese in Flourtown, Pennsylvania. A direct reflection on what Old Catholic theology actually teaches about the keys…

Faith was never a promise of comfort. Elijah wanted to die under a juniper tree. The disciples were terrified in the storm. If you are tired and frightened right now,…