Superior Priest

Humans are Hungry

19JUN22 (22cCorpus). Humans need to eat every day to not be starving. We also need to pray every day or we will be spiritually starving. God has given us the Eucharist to be fed. It does require small participation to have any effect, but with that small gift of self it multiplies and satisfies.

Unfathomable, But Not Illogical

12JUN22 (22cTrinity). The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most foundational doctrines. It is a mystery and confusion, but there are some amazing things to take from it. God is ultimately a God of relationship and communion!! Wow!! Every time we make a sign of the cross we should be reminded that God is love, and wants us to be in relationship and communion with him.

The Holy Spirit is Active

5JUN22 (22cPentecost). Holy Spirit is active today. It has been present in the past and wants to be active in the present. One of the ways you can engage the Holy Spirit in your life is discernment.

The Age of the Holy Spirit

29MAY22 (22cAscension). Jesus ascended to Heaven not to abandon us, but lead us differently. Jesus says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12). We live in the Church’s age of the Holy Spirit. We live in the age of the impact driver. Amazing power if we just ask for it, “Come HOLY SPIRIT…”

The Soul of the Church

22MAY22 (22cE6). We do not profess a blind faith that rejects reason. We believe that this world is reasonable and that God wants to reveal His truth. He does that in a perfect way with Jesus Christ and continues to guide it through the Holy Spirit. The Catholic Church is more than just a collection of people, but the Bride of Christ who is guided and animated (soul) of the Church.

Kiss of Peace

15MAY22 (22cE5). We must love as Jesus loved us. We can not give what we have not first received. When we offer peace in Mass at the kiss/sign of peace we do not offer our solution or good will, but the peace that has been extended to us from Jesus Christ. Two great articles to speak more about the sign of peace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_(liturgical_object)

https://adoremus.org/2020/06/q-ought-the-sign-of-peace-be-reinstated-after-the-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR1yvH0p2BsmIcVA3s9al6gi5IqIegxvAaKUlSwYYTFeI12e_k2ecNF8-ME

https://aleteia.org/2017/08/17/the-sign-of-peace-the-ancient-roots-of-the-greeting-we-make-at-mass/

https://www.usccb.org/about/divine-worship/newsletter/upload/newsletter-2014-07-and-08.pdf

Listen to His Voice

8MAY22 (22cE4). Jesus tells us that that his sheep listen to his voice. What does his voice sound like? Not like mine. Little more like the voice that Elijah heard on Mt. Carmel. We need to give space for God’s voice to be heard and learn his voice.

May is for Mary

3MAY22 (w/Fr. David Miloscia). May is the month of Mary. There are often May crownings of Mary and more of a focus on her throughout the month. Mary is AWESOME!...enough said? No, because Fr. Miloscia, who is attached to the USS Ronald Reagan CVN, and I can talk about her all day. I am grateful that Fr. Miloscia was able to join me to talk about May before he heads out on deployment. We talk about some of the scriptural basis for Marian devotion and how awesome Mary is. As a bonus you also get to learn about why I think Mary is a Green Bay Packers fan.

Our Actions Reveal Our Belief

1MAY22 (22cE3). Angels are perfect intellect and do not learn and grow and so their actions are always the same. Humans, through our 5 senses continue to take in information, learn, grow, repent, and change. Our actions manifest our beliefs. If our actions to not line up with our beliefs then we need to acknowledge that our beliefs are different, repent and change our actions to properly align with our beliefs so we may not be like the fallen angels, demons, who know they are wrong, but can not change.

Is Our Life Any Different?

17APR22 (22Easter). If the resurrection didn’t happen our faith is in vain. Would our life be any different if we found that Jesus was not raised from the dead? Would we just go on like normal or would we be the greatest of fools?