Padre's Posts

(an excerpt from homily for January 14) At some point, we must give ourselves to the one who unites and heals as opposed to divides and conquers. We must give ourselves to the one who creates and imagines instead of deconstructs and mocks. We must give ourselves to...

In this season of Epiphany I am drawn to the question, “What is the light the life of Jesus brought to the world?” This is the meaning of Epiphany, right? In the Gospel narrative, the life of Jesus is not a big glorious and triumphant rise to fame and fortune and...

The Holy Days of Christmas | The 12th Day Of Christmas The days of Christmas here in Kokomo have been the sequel to Disney's "Frozen," I for one am ready to "let it go"... the severe cold that is. I am definitely ready to emerge into the season of Epiphany. Tomorrow,...

The Holy Days of Christmas | The 7th Day of Christmas & New Year’s Eve The Christmas story is a dream come true. The dream had been told and shared in the Hebrew culture for hundreds of years. The dream became reality in a manger. It was immediately threatened and...

The Holy Days of Christmas | The 6th Day of Christmas In every spiritual journey we see the seasons of the church played out in each life. The divine birth of Christmas happens in each of us, many times throughout our life. The births come following the deaths, like...

The Holy Days of Christmas | The 3rd Day of Christmas Christmas is the birth of the divine from human life. It is the recognition that every life bears the nature of God to be lived out upon the earth. The Christmas story is about one person, but the Christmas message...