Spiritual Directions for the Journey
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 Presentations from the Road on Mar 1st, 2013
The Easter Triduum refers to the three days where we come together as a Christian family to remember the passion of the Lord and celebrate the resurrection on the third day. It is also a time for us Catholics to welcome new members into the community at the Easter Vigil which takes place after sunset [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Jan 12th, 2013
When is a sign more than a sign? The reason for the question is the result of my reflecting back to my time in Grade 1, over 50 years ago, and the grueling preparation our class was going through to prepare for our First Holy Communion. Memories of the nuns in their black habits and [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Jan 7th, 2013
Defining a word is always a good place to start when you need to prepare a 10-minute talk on the subject. Those of us old enough will remember, with either fondness or dread, the Baltimore Catechism. According to this website, this Catechism (last updated in 1941) has 38 Lessons and as near as I can [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Nov 19th, 2012
You have to admit that is an impressive title for a blog posted here at the Itinerant Preacher! Perhaps this proves that the two years of Latin taught to me by the Jesuits was not wasted. Alas they may have been as I ‘borrowed’ this headline from a blog called Rorate-Caeli (which I think means [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Jun 2nd, 2012
Please click here for a Printer Friendly Copy A few weeks ago, I had the honour of being the sponsor for my nephew’s confirmation. The celebrant was Fr. Liborio Amaral. Fr. Liborio is a wonderfully enthusiastic priest and you could tell he was deeply committed to seeing that these young folks had an understanding of [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Jun 2nd, 2012
The Sign of the Cross is for many of us the first sign of our faith we were taught as children. Most of us who have been practicing Catholics have performed this gesture countless times. So many reptions that it may well have lost meaning for some. Below Ben Ghezzi of Zenit Daily answers this [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on May 31st, 2012
The mystery of the Trinity has been the subject of theological study, debate and argument from the start of the Church. I stumbled upon this description of theology on the website of an Anglican church called “Trinity”- This looks like it is from a sermon on the Holy Trinity: G.K. Chesterton wrote, “It is the [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, This Sunday on May 30th, 2012
If you listen to Fr. Robert Barron’s homily for this Sunday he starts by asserting that Trinity Sunday is known around the preaching community as a nightmare. At the same time it is a theologian’s delight. The reason is that the Trinity is a difficult dogma of the Church to summarize in 10 minutes. Yet [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Nov 23rd, 2011
This Sunday the Catholic Church introduces the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal. Basically some of the words of the mass will be changing so they are closer to the Latin text used by the Church for 450 years before Vatican II. In the video below, produced by Life Teen, you will get a fast [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Nov 16th, 2011
Here is a short video that explains the history of this feast day. As you listen to it you might notice how little seems to have changed since 1925. (Hit the “X” on the Google ads when they appear to get rid of them.)
Posted in Presentations from the Road on Nov 8th, 2011
Every year at many Catholic churches there are small faith groups meeting and exploring the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) . I had the had the honor of being with the RCIA group at St. Patrick’s Parish and talk about -The last 5 things- the topics of Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell & Purgatory. [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Sep 30th, 2011
I had a chance this week to meet Fr. Barron in person as he was in Toronto promoting his work and his new project which is simply titled Catholicism. Fr. Barron is a scholar and one heck of an itinerant preacher. He is using the internet in creative ways to evangelize the gospel. I believe [...]
Posted in Presentations from the Road on Apr 19th, 2011
The Easter Triduum refers to the three days where we come together as a Christian family to remember the passion of the Lord and celebrate the resurrection on the third day. It is also a time for us Catholics to welcome new members into the community at the Easter Vigil which takes place after sunset [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, This Sunday on Feb 27th, 2011
For my friends at St. Patrick’s and other travelers here is what I meant to say in my homily this past weekend which was the 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Since I stopped using notes while delivering the homily each one is a bit different and it even surprises me what actually comes out at [...]
