Grieving During the Holidays
Today, I was invited to give a talk at one of the local funeral homes for their clients who had lost loved ones during the last year. I spoke about grieving during the holiday season. A reading from the book … Continued
I Believe in Life Everlasting: A Talk on Catholic Beliefs Regarding Eternity Given to the Clarendon Hills Interfaith Dinner
Today at Notre Dame we celebrated the funeral of a dear woman who has been part of our community for many years. The funeral Liturgy provides a glimpse as to what the Catholic Church teaches about life, death, and eternity. … Continued
All Souls Remembrance Mass
Tonight, we have come together to do what the writer of the books of Maccabees insist is a holy and pious thing: to pray for the souls of the dead. We have come together also to do what the Liturgy … Continued
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)
One of the deep mysteries of the human experience lies in the realities of life and death. Everyone has, or will, experience the death of loved ones, sometimes after a long life, sometimes far too soon, always with feelings of … Continued
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)
Today’s readings This time of year always brings to mind the people I have loved that are no longer with us. I miss my grandparents, an aunt and an uncle who died way too soon, a great uncle who was … Continued
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
Today’s readings: Isaiah 25:6-9; I Corinthians 15:51-57; John 6:37-40 This past Sunday and Monday, I took a couple of days off. I packed up early on Sunday and was out of the house by 6am, and took a 3 hour … Continued
All Souls: The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed
Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9 | Revelation 21:1-7 | Matthew 25:31-40 When I celebrated this Liturgy last year, the homily I gave was pretty straightforward. It was theologically accurate and liturgically sound. This year, the experience is a little different for me, … Continued
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