Clik here to view.
Seeing Christ; Living Life
Today’s Gospel, John 4:5-42, is about many things, one of which is seeing Christ for Who He is. As He comes to a Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob, it is about seeing Christ in our daily life. It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Power of Proclaimed WORD of God
So often as a preacher of God’s Word, I feel a certain responsibility for ‘my message’ to lead to conversion. I’m learning how misguided is such thinking! After Thursday night’s Chrism Mass, I was...
View ArticleBe Open To The Good God Desires; Renewing Our Desire For God
One of the practices I began when named a bishop is to take the month of July not so much as a vacation month, but to take more time for prayer and study, and less time in the office. I am still...
View ArticleLent: A Time For Review of Life Aimed at Growing in Holiness
Lent is clearly a time to examine our holiness of life. Some have recently asked for greater detail in terms of what exactly holiness entails. In short, holiness is found through our relationship...
View ArticleReality Check
The past few days the LORD has been testing my own perseverance in faith. God has been ‘breaking into” my own day-to-day experience lately to help me see where conversion is most needed in my life. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Light And Darkness Mingled; Advent Calls To Conversion
On this First Sunday of Advent, Jesus calls us to “Stay Awake!” (Matthew) St. Paul uses similar language when reminding us that this is the “Hour to wake from your sleep; our salvation is near at...
View ArticleLet The LORD Enter, The King of Glory!
Let the Lord enter, he is the King of Glory! Psalm 24 This seems to be the invitation to all of God’s people today, this Fourth Sunday of Advent. It is clearly the invitation to the individuals of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holy Name Catholic School in Sheridan Celebrating 100 Years
The faith-family here in Sheridan gathered for Mass today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their Catholic School. This Sunday, the Church begins a week of celebrating Catholic Education. When I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Have You Begun Your Lenten Journey?
Signing with ashes recalls our human fraility; that we are from dust, and to dust we shall return. Now that the Lenten Season is begun, are you out of the starting gate? Yesterday believers gathered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You, Go And Work In My Vineyard
Fr. Kevin Koch, pastor, @ St. Joseph in Albin, Wyoming. Last Sunday, today, and next Sunday, the vineyard is the setting for God’s Kingdom. Today, we hear the father of two sons give each of them the...
View ArticleGod Is Always Calling …
This Third Sunday in Ordinary Time instructs us that God is always calling us. The clearest example today comes from Mark’s Gospel. Jesus calls Simon and Andrew away from their nets to “Come after me.”...
View ArticleConversion of Heart; Approach of Lent is the Approach of the LORD
This morning’s reading from the Book of Genesis (Genesis 6:5-8) expresses God’s grief in the face of the human capacity for evil. When the Lord saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lent: Conversion to New Life in Christ
Ashes – a call to humbly recognize our origins: dust of the earth and the creative love of God. As in death we return to the earth, so we shall return to God. God is our origin and our glorious...
View ArticleConversion to What?
To anyone paying attention during this nearly two years of Pope Francis’ papacy, he or she has learned by now that one of Pope Francis’ favorite documents is an Apostolic Exhortation by Blessed Pope...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Power of God’s WORD: The Call to Conversion
During this season of Lent, I call your attention to the power of God’s WORD. To progress in our efforts to turn our hearts more completely to the LORD, I draw your attention to the three primary...
View ArticleThe Lord Desires To Bestow His Spirit Upon All
26th Sunday, Ordinary Time Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-48 In today’s Gospel, we see the Apostle, John, take issue with someone who is casting out demons in the name of Jesus....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dance or Dirge or Indifference?
Infant Jesus & John the Baptist by Murillo In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges our indifference to both the joy he offers as well as the penitential preaching of John the Baptist. To what shall I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Open Wide Your Hearts To Christ!
Cathedral of Cheyenne Holy Door Yesterday evening, we had a meaningful celebration at St. Mary’s Cathedral officially opening the Holy Door to the Year of Mercy. I pray this Year of Mercy will be a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For Me Life Is Christ; On The Conversion Of St. Paul
Always a favorite feast of mine, today has been a special celebration of the Conversion of St. Paul. For more than any reason, from the very beginning of this day, I have been blessed with a sense of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
God’s Mercy In The Person Of Jesus Is The Standard Of The New Covenant
Jesus and the Adulterous Woman by Rocco Marconi On this 5th Sunday of Lent, we hear another familiar Gospel story of the adulterous woman brought before Jesus. In usual fashion, Jesus is drawing...
View Article
