Hermano Juancito

The pastor is taking a nuch-needed short vacation (before I head to Ames, Iowa, on October 21, for a week at our sister parish.) So, I have ...

Yesterday I presided at my third funeral in two weeks. Monday, I had interviews with two couples who will soon be married. Sunday morning, I...

Monday, in the midst of torrential rains, I went to Mass in the cemetery of distant community, as noted in a previous post. I sensed that th...

A seventieth birthday should probably be celebrated for seventy days or at least seventy hours. One person suggested that I celebrate the w...

Today’s first reading from the Catholic lectionary is the early Christian community’s response to the presence of non-Jews in their ...

Today is Pentecost, the celebration of the outpouring of the Spirit on the followers of Jesus who were gathered, anxious and perhap...