Category: Reflections

The Diocesean Commission on Ministry is a group of people who help others discern God’s call, especially in those cases where God’s call might lead towards ordination.  Like […]

The Church season between Pentecost and Advent is called Ordinary time.   It can seem like an endless period of drab, vibrant or basic green, the season’s liturgical […]

This week I offer you something different. As we approach the official start of summer it is easy to see the natural world bursting forth around us. In […]

“Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I’m gentle […]

In the midst of so much to mourn in the world at large and for dear friends and family, I found myself awakening in great joy today.  The […]

There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  Galatians 3:28 […]

Thursday Reflection May 20, 2021 Preparing for Pentecost Pentecost celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church.   It marks the day the […]

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to […]

Remember 1 Corinthians 13 – what we need to do going forward as vaccinated and non-vaccinated people mix everywhere should be governed by love.

The Southern Tier and Central New York are rich in history. When I first arrived, I learned a lot about the Eastern Europeans and Italians who immigrated in […]