My mom’s sister
My Aunt Sis died on Sunday evening. Please pray for her–Cecilia Ryan and for her children. In general, my extended family and I are not terribly close. This wake on…
Prayers for Aunt Sis and more
I was just informed that my mother’s sister, Cecilia Ryan (Aunt Sis)is close to death. Please keep her and her daughter and grandchildren in your prayers. Also a directee that…
Rehearsal for BustedHalo Show
So we did a “rehearsal show” the other day for the Catholic Channel. The break down of our show as opposed to the podcast is as follows: Fr. Dave is…
Soul Searching
I’ve been thinking a lot about my present life situation these days. Over the past 6 years I’ve become one of the experts in my ministry field, built a national…
Forgiveness
Much like the great example that John Paul II gave when he forgave his assassin, today we look to our Amish brothers and sisters who have openly forgiven the man…
New Look
OK–so I re-did the look of the Blog again…. Any thoughts–I kind of like this–especially since orange is the new black! http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Halo bangin’ to Slayer
What’s next? The BustedHalo.com mosh pit? An absolutely awesome column by Dave Nantais about Slayer’s new album on BustedHalo.com.A lot of my high school friends were metal-heads so I listened…
Hijackers claimed to be protesting Pope’s comments.
From Reuters Today: “A Turkish airliner flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked and flown to Brindisi in southern Italy in an apparent protest against the Pope.” Soon after….…
Off to the playoffs!
The baseball playoffs start today… Lucky me…my (now)main man, Kenneth Wright, spiritual director extrodinaire, has invited me to Game 1 of the Yanks/Tigers. I’ll be having a hot dog for…
Pastoral vs Theoretical
Fr. Eugene Lauer had a curious comment during his after dinner comments at Fordham’s Garduate School of Religion and Religious Education dinner. He mentioned that the National Pastoral Life Center…