WOULD YOU HURT A FLY?
Remember when you were driving and a fly kept banging his head against the windshield. He saw and felt the sunlight, but he was trapped. The last time this happened…
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ARE YOU TALKIN TO ME?
Fr. John Powell, S.J. has said we need to pray as a Listener. To do this we need to reflect on Six Questions: 1. Can God put a new idea…
ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
Elvis Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42. Several months beforehand, Pastor Tony Barnett looked out at the congregation one Sunday morning. Who was sitting in his church…
WHO AM I KIDDING?…..ONLY MYSELF
I enjoy movies. Certain scenes have struck me and stayed with me for many years. My all-time favorite scene is in the movie Moonstruck. I have reflected and prayed on…
WHAT THE PRIESTHOOD DID TO ME
Right before I was ordained a priest, someone close to me who was leaving the priesthood said to me: “Don’t be so concerned about what you do as a priest.…
HOW COULD DEATH BE MY FRIEND?
I remember visiting Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago in July, 1996, a few months before he died after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. We sat and talked for about…
WHAT’S A WIFE WORTH?
One day I was shopping for a birthday card for a divorced friend of mine who had 10 children. I was standing in front of the birthday card section labeled…
WHAT ELEPHANT?
It has been said that 1/3 of people today spend most of their lives denying reality. There is an elephant in their living room and they don’t want to talk…
