Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on May 11th, 2013
Click here for a Printer Friendly Copy. “So what do we do now?” This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord. This is a special weekend to preach on this topic here at St. Patrick’s because of our large stain glass window that depicts this event in living and vibrant colour. [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on May 8th, 2013
In a scene at the very end of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a “great commission” which in part answers the question raised by the disciple in the stain glass window who upon seeing Jesus ascend into heaven asks his friend , “What do we do now? The Great Commission Matthew 28 (16-20) Then the [...]
Posted in 1K Word Pictures, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on May 6th, 2013
This coming Sunday we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord. This is also homily week for me and one of the unique things about preaching this weekend at St. Patrick’s is that the church is equipped with what is perhaps the world’s largest “PowerPoint” slide depicting the Ascension. If you look closely at the picture, [...]
Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on May 4th, 2013
Life’s Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. -Benjamin Franklin
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Apr 25th, 2013
Several years ago while taking a course in spiritual direction the instructor had us think about a person(s) we judged to be of lesser character than ourselves. For me that was an easy if not a obvious choice. That person was Bill Clinton. Yes old “slick” Willy the former President of the United States. [...]
Posted in The Wisdom of... on Apr 24th, 2013
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. -‘. Erma Bombeck
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Stuff for Wandering on Apr 14th, 2013
My friend Bill Radigan is a fellow deacon who has chosen to walk with those touch by crime as part of the Friends of Dismas ministry. Below is a homily he recently preached that focuses on a number of interactions he has had with folks on the margins of our society. It speaks to the [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Apr 6th, 2013
Below is a story I used in my Easter Homily. It is the mystery of Easter as explained by a 12 year old theologian named Jeremy. Please click here for a Printer Friendly copy of the story. Jeremy was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Apr 4th, 2013
Below is the Holy Thursday homily from my fellow wanderer Deacon Robert Kinghorn. Deacon Robert captures the call to be a servant to all, regardless of the convenience of the situation, as one of the main teachings of Jesus on this night of his final supper with his closest friends. Holy Thursday Homily: Deacon Robert [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Apr 1st, 2013
Please click here for Kelley Mooney’s spiritual lyrical adaptation of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Please Click here for a Printer Friendly copy of the Homily. Please click here for the original version of Jeremy’s Easter Egg. Jeremy is one of my favorite theologians. He was a young man who had been born into a twisted and [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Books/Movies/Podcasts for the Road, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Mar 5th, 2013
I am starting to consider that the second most important book on Christianity, I have ever read, after the Bible, is Fr. Greg Boyle’s “Tattoos on the Heart“. Perhaps I feel this way about the book because of my own work as part of the community we call the Friends of Dismas, or it might [...]
Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Mar 3rd, 2013
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. -Benjamin Franklin
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, The Wisdom of... on Feb 24th, 2013
I was reading a book last month where the author Brennen Manning argued that “everything is grace.” I then stumbled upon this 10-minute video (mostly in subtitles) that details the story about a man named Will Agustin, and it details the story of his dream- to build a helicopter. As you may have guessed the [...]
Posted in Big Questions on Feb 17th, 2013
Canada is on a march to increased minimum sentences. The mood for taking discretion out of the hands of judges is stronger than ever especially with some highly controversial decisions of late. Here is a story that at least should give us some cause to wonder if we are doing the right thing. Everyone’s story [...]
Posted in Big Questions on Feb 11th, 2013
Like most of the world, I awoke this morning to the news that Pope Benedict was stepping down. A resignation of a sitting Pope is extremely rare: the last Pope to step aside was Pope Gregory XII, who resigned in 1415 amid a schism within the Church. Listening to the various talk shows around town, [...]
