Spring and summer bring out a common scene.  The streets and parks are full of Moms and Dads teaching their youngest the wonders of...

Stories!  We all seem to love them.  We read novels.  We watch movies.  We follow many a TV series.  Jesus told many stories as he walked...

Our God is an awesome God He reigns from heaven above With wisdom, power and love Our God is an awesome God. This is the beginning of one...

Every time we come together for Eucharist, we begin our gathering in the same way.  First of we make the sign of the cross that...

“It’s a mystery.”  Such a statement can mean many things to us.  It might mean something that is unsolvable.  Or perhaps it means a...

Some 45 years ago I met Jim and Pauline.  Jim was with the OPP and Pauline worked in a Catholic school in Barrie.  At the time I was on...

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you: abide in my love.... This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved...

“[He] suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended Into hell; on the third day he rose from the...

One of the realities of our human existence is the presence of suffering in life.  It is the personal suffering we might have in our own...

Our world is a fractured one in so many areas.  The people of Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Yemen and many other parts of our world are...

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world (John 9:5) How does Christian faith and an awareness of God enter our lives? ...

What is our relationship with God?   In ancient times, there was often an attitude of bargaining or exchange with God.  This was the...

Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves.  There he was transfigured before...

When I was young, Lent was about what I was going to give up – candy, movies.  Later it took on something like the New Years resolution –...

Being the outsider is never easy.  Being excluded or left out hurts.  Throughout our lives we have all experienced occasions of being...

Busyness – it is truly the character of our lives.  The little piece of Mark’s Gospel that we hear this Sunday (Mk.1:29-39) expresses...

Mark, in his Gospel, describes Jesus coming into a synagogue (sacred space) on a Sabbath day (a sacred time).  While teaching in this...

Some ten years ago, a movie with the title, Warhorse came out in theaters. It was a movie that presented a striking approach to the...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shone.  (Isaiah...

The joy and the hope, the grief and the anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are...