A fellow Precious Blood priest, Fr. Marvin Steffes, C.PP.S., was a man of hands-on spirituality with no fluff. He so often observed “most people are going to be saved because they are so ignorant.” I know he included the two of us. The Epistle to the Hebrews says we...
Missionaries, Companions, CPPS Sisters and friends of the Precious Blood Communities gathered at St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio, on Monday, October 22 to celebrate the feast day of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Fr....
Solemnity of Saint Gaspar By the V. Rev. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. One of the joys of living in Rome was exploring the hundreds of churches in the city. Some are gigantic architectural wonders like Saint Peter’s and others are smaller, less ornate, and less well known....
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor (Mark 10:21) [I] deemed riches nothing in comparison with her, (Wisdom 7:8) One of the threads running through the readings for this Sunday portrays wisdom and holiness as superior or earthly treasure. Solomon tells us how...
Thousands of messages come our way each day and a good number of those message we do not like, so we try to get rid of those messages as quickly as possible. For example, when someone sends you message trying to sell you something you do not want, you delete it,...
