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"The problem with us human beings is never that we do not get what we want. The problem of sin is that we do literally get what we go after, and it looks completely different. Almost as soon as we open our eyes, we notice what we ourselves are without God: mere dust, shamefully naked, helpless, exposed." (Eugen Drewermann)

I have Mass on Sunday, February 22 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am.

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God’s desire for us is not death, but life: “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love”

I have Mass on Sunday, February 15 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am.

The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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"And if we are faithful in this way, as an organized Church and as its individual members, we will succeed in announcing Christ to the world until all is seen in full light.” (Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, from Vatican II in Plain English by Bill Huebsch)

I am away this weekend, traveling to Rome and Madrid. I attended Pope Leo's audience on Wednesday in the Vatican.

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We are the disciples on the mountain, listening to every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. The very first word that comes out of Jesus’ mouth is “blessed.” Words create realities. The pronouncement of blessing actually conveys the blessing. 

I have Mass on Sunday, February 1, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

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All four of these disciples leave their fishing nets, but they do not stop fishing. They are now, in the nearness of the kingdom of heaven, fishers for people. Their past has not been wiped out; it has been transformed by Jesus' call to follow. 

I have Mass on Sunday, January 25 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

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"Behold, the Lamb of God."

I have Mass on Sunday, January 18 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

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This Epiphany at the Jordan River is deep water; you can't stand on the shore and dip your toes in.  You must take a breath and plunge.  

I have Mass on Sunday, January 11 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am.

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In the last line of the Gospel, Matthew gives us a spiritual path to follow “And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.” In some ways, this was a dangerous move. In the verses following today’s Gospel, Matthew writes: “When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious.

I have Mass on Sunday, January 4 

at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. the 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed https://stisidore.church/worship-online/

at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm

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One year at the Christmas Eve Children’s Mass, I was walking the children through Luke’s nativity. I had some cloth figures that I was using to illustrate the Gospel story. Mary and Joseph were making their way to Bethlehem. This particular set of characters included a donkey, so the donkey came with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. Next, I brought out a manger, and then I placed the baby Jesus in the manger.

I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, December 28 @ 9:30/11:30 am

I will have Mass at St. Andrew next Sunday, January 4 @ 5 pm.

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At Christmas, Jesus, who is close to the Father’s heart, comes to embrace us and welcome us home.

I have Mass on Christmas Day at St. Isidore @ 8:30 am.

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May the blessings of Christmas be yours in abundance this day and throughout the New Year.