A view from the parish car park
February 1, 2019
It was time for breaking open the word with the little children during Sunday Mass. Young minds eagerly listened to the account of Jesus calling the twelve apostles and…
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Young People, Faith and Discernment
February 1, 2019
In preparation for a meeting of the Synod of Bishops on youth, the pope wrote a letter to young people, saying the church wants ‘to listen…
“High Stakes” Tests
February 1, 2019
I used to work in a school that was always in the newspaper because of the poor performance of the students on statewide tests. No matter how much we wanted…
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- The Wounded Healer (Third Easter)
- Act with Confidence (Second Easter)
- Burn with an Inner Strength (Easter Sunday)
- The Never-Ending Story of Salvation (Passion Sunday)
- The Hour is at Hand (Fifth Lent)
- Reward or Gift? (Fourth Lent)
- Seeing With New Eyes (Third Lent)
- See in a New Light (Second Lent)
- Message Received (First Lent)
- Fear Separates, Love Heals (Sixth Ordinary)
- Say the Word (Fifth Ordinary)
- A New Teaching With Authority (Fourth Ordinary)
- It’s a Miracle! (Fourth Advent)
- Labels Get Sticky (Third Advent)
- Find Your Place This Advent (Second Advent)
- New Boundaries (First Advent)
- How Do You Win This Game? (Christ, Heart of the Universe)
- Not Always Nice (Thirty-third Ordinary)
- Moving On (Thirty-second Ordinary)
- Not AlYour Humble Servant (Thirty-first Ordinary)
- Rule Number One (Thirtieth Ordinary)
- The Only Legacy that Matters (Twenty-ninth Ordinary)
- You’re Not Worthy (Twenty-eighth Ordinary)
- Let God be God (Twenty-seventh Ordinary)
- Fair game (Twenty-sixth Ordinary)
- Here’s a Tip About God (Twenty-fifth Ordinary)
- Relationship Trumps Righteous Indignation (Twenty-fourth Ordinary)
- Two or More (Twenty-third Ordinary)
- We Deserve Better, Don’t We? (Twenty-second Ordinary)
- What’s My Line? (Twenty-first Ordinary)
- All Are Welcome (Twentieth Ordinary)
- God’s Thrill Ride (Nineteenth Ordinary)
- Prepare for the Light of Love (Transfiguration)
- A Word from the Wise (Seventeenth Ordinary)
- Weed It and Reap (Sixteenth Ordinary)
- Patient Gardener (Fifteenth Ordinary)
- The Burden of Freedom (Fourteenth Ordinary)
- Claim Your Reward (Thirteenth Ordinary)
- Fear Will Pass(Twelfth Ordinary)
- Service Begins at Home (Eleventh Ordinary)
- Bread of Life (Corpus Christi)
- Mercy Makes a Dramatic Appearance (Trinity)
- You Can, You Can, You Can (Pentecost)
- Rise to the Occasion (Ascension of the Lord)
- Choices, Choices (Sixth Easter)
- A Red Letter Day (Fifth Easter)
- Take Jesus for a Test Drive (Fourth Easter)
- Don’t Skip Family Meals (Third Easter)
- A Mercy Divine (Second Easter)
- Don’t Know the Stories Behind the Legends (Easter Sunday)
- Wake-Up Call (Palm Sunday)
- A Question of Life or Death (Fifth Lent)
- Respond Openly (Fourth Lent)
- Wells of the Spirit (Third Lent)
- Home from Oz (Second Lent)
- Don’t Tempt Me (First Lent)
- Do No Harm (Seventh Ordinary)
- Group Dynamics (Sixth Ordinary)
- Give Freely and Openly (Fifth Ordinary)
- Living the Beatitudes One at a Time (Fourth Ordinary)
- Gone Fishing (Third Ordinary)
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (Second Ordinary)
- Wise Guy (Epiphany of the Lord)
- We All Need a Mother (Mary, the Holy Mother of God)
- Hold On There (Christmas Day)
- Read the Signs (Fourth Advent)
- A Question of Faith (Third Advent)
- Ring in the Holidays by Waiting (Second Advent)
- Speak for Yourself (First Advent)
- In Service of the King (Reign of Christ)
- Don’t be Prepared (Thirty-third Ordinary)
- Don’t be Absurd (Thirty-second Ordinary)
- Say What? (Thirty-first Ordinary)
- Full-Throated Apologies Appreciated (Thirtieth Ordinary)
- Power Failure (Twenty-ninth Ordinary)
- Bag the Bygones (Twenty-eighth Ordinary)
- Double or Nothing (Twenty-seventh Ordinary)
- A Good Kid (Twenty-sixth Ordinary)
- International Rules (Twenty-fifth Ordinary)
- We’re All the Lost Sheep (Twenty-fourth Ordinary)
- Love’s Labour Lost (Twenty-third Ordinary)
- The Glass is More than Half Full (Twenty-second Ordinary)
- Look for the Lesson (Twenty-first Ordinary)
- Clean Slate (Twentieth Ordinary)
- Learning to Listen (Nineteenth Ordinary)
- That’s Life (Eighteenth Ordinary)
- The School of Hard Knocks (Seventeenth Ordinary)
- I’ll Be There in a Minute (Sixteenth Ordinary)
- My Neighbour (Fifteenth Ordinary)
- Sleeping Like a Baby (Fourteenth Ordinary)
- Getting Along (Thirteenth Ordinary)
- A Little Goes a Long Way (Body & Blood of Christ)
- The Spirit of Truth (Trinity)
- God Puts Us in the Right Place at the Right Time (Pentecost)
- Extra Change (Ascension of the Lord)
- Search the Lost and Found (Sixth Easter)
- Love Like Mama Would (Fifth Easter)
- Let God Get a Word in Edgewise (Fourth Easter)
- Crayfish (Third Easter)
- Seeing Is Believing (Second Easter)
- Know the Stories Behind the Legends (Easter Sunday)
- Higher Laws (Passion/Palm Sunday)
- Human Reclamation (Fifth Lent)
- Growing Up is Hard to Do (Fourth Lent)
- Chance Encounters (Third Lent)
- Stars in the Night Sky (Second Lent)
- A People’s Prayer (First Lent)
- Teachers – Good and Bad (Eighth Ordinary)
- Forgiveness is Always a Work in Progress (Seventh Ordinary)
- A Loving Partner (Sixth Ordinary)
- Answering the Call (Fifth Ordinary)
- Spare Some Change (Fourth Ordinary)
- Setting Captives Free (Third Ordinary)
- A True Sacrament (Second Ordinary)
- Your Presence is Requested (Baptism of the Lord)
- Find Jesus (Epiphany of the Lord)
- You Have a Beautiful Family (Holy Family)
- Bring the Christmas Message Home (Fourth Advent)
- Fiery Tears (Third Advent)
- Pave the Way with Positivity (Second Advent)
- Dance Before the Lord (First Advent)
- A True Kingdom (Christ the King)
- Gentle Faith (Thirty-third Ordinary)
- From Generous to Faithful (Thirty-second Ordinary)
- Missing by a Little Bit (Thirty-first Ordinary)
- See the Way (Thirtieth Ordinary)
- Win-At-All-Cost (Twenty-ninth Ordinary)
- Make Time to Give Thanks (Twenty-eighth Ordinary)
- Joined Together by God (Twenty-seventh Ordinary)
- Friend or Foe? (Twenty-sixth Ordinary)
- Secret Desires (Twenty-fifth Ordinary)
- Faith by the Numbers (Twenty-fourth Ordinary)
- Off-Track Healing (Twenty-third Ordinary)
- No Kids to Blame (Twenty-second Ordinary)
- Do You Accept These Terms? (Twenty-first Ordinary)
- Awakened Blessings (The Assumption of Mary)
- Living Bread (Nineteenth Ordinary)
- The Word at Work: The Work of God (Eighteenth Ordinary)
- There’s Plenty for All (Seventeenth Ordinary)
- Shepherding at the Motor Registry (Sixteenth Ordinary)
- Two By Two (Fifteenth Ordinary)
- Persecuted Heroes (Fourteenth Ordinary)
- Blind Faith (Thirteenth Ordinary)
- Master Strokes (Twelfth Ordinary)
- Pruning the Tree (Eleventh Ordinary)
- A Leap of Faith (Body & Blood of Christ)
- All for One and One for All (Most Holy Trinity)
- Hope is the Best (Pentecost)
- Up, Up, and Away (Ascension of the Lord)
- Create Community Online (Sixth Week of Easter)
- Abiding in the Vine and Producing Good Fruit (Fifth Week of Easter)
- Are tests really the best way to measure these children?
- How can I keep my students safe?
- I don’t think I’m reaching some of the students.
- Our prayers seem so routine. How do I make it more meaningful?
- I don’t know what to do first.
- I’m swamped with paperwork!
- I really don’t want to prejudge any of these kids, but …
- Where’s God in all this?
- Is this a vocation? Sometimes it really doesn’t seem like it.
- A view from the parish car park
- Young People, Faith and Discernment
- “High Stakes” Tests