By Fr. Tim Knepper, C.PP.S. After Mass recently, a family stopped by to shake hands and chat. Inside the stroller they pushed was their youngest, sound asleep. Her parents told me the baby usually falls asleep during my preaching. Everyone’s a critic, I thought to...
By Fr. Angelo Anthony, C.PP.S. When we think of a farmer planting a field, we probably picture a big John Deere tractor moving through the field plowing and planting in calculated and cultivated rows. After hearing today’s Gospel, you might have thought to yourself,...
Fr. Clarence E. Williams, Jr., C.PP.S., 73, died on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Jennings Nursing Home, Garfield Heights, Ohio. He had been in failing health in recent years. He was born on May 10, 1950, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Clarence E. Williams Sr. and Lula Belle...
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. As I pray with and reflect on today’s Gospel passage, a persistent image keeps coming to mind. I keep imagining a crying toddler being swept up into the arms of her daddy. Maybe the child is crying because she got scared or because...
By Fr. James “Santiago” Gaynor, C.PP.S. As we observe the night sky of stars and moon, it is impossible to not believe in something and someone beyond planet Earth. As we observe the sun rise of a new day and how wonderfully the planet turned on its axis in the last...
By Fr. Joe Uecker, C.PP.S. A feast of love! That’s what we celebrate today as we thank Jesus for pouring out his life blood for us. A feast of love! In our Litany of the Precious Blood, we pray: “Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness.” This could be...
