Statement of Purpose #4

Purpose of “In the Midst of Our Storms” (IMOS) #4:   Liturgical catechesis has, for the most part, focused on what we need to know and understand. I promote an integration between intellect & emotion and left brain & right brain “In the Midst of Our Storms.”  

Statement of Purpose #3

Purpose of “In the Midst of Our Storms” (IMOS) #3:   As human beings, as worshippers, as persons in relation to one another, we really only have one way of being present to others. I believe the liturgy calls us to be really present to the Real Presence. How? I suggest that it has to do […]

Homily – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time

    4. 6th Sunday Ordinary Time     Mark 1:40-45  “A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,..”    

Homily – 4th Sunday Ordinary TIme

  3. 4th Sunday Ordinary Time    Mark 1:21-28 “A new teaching with authority… even the unclean spirits obey him!”

Statement of Purpose #2

Purpose of “In the Midst of Our Storms” (IMOS) #2:   I wish to promote the real presence of worshippers to God, self, and others. This kind of “conscious” participation would be characterized by clarity & lucidity & transparency. A second image I use comes from the life of St. Benedict. He established communities that were regarded as […]

Statement of Purpose #1

Purpose of “In the Midst of Our Storms” (IMOS) #1:   I wish to promote the real presence of worshippers to God, self, and others. This kind of “conscious” participation would be characterized by clarity & lucidity & transparency. One way to speak of that has to do with something Jesuit theologian, Karl Rahner, said, “In the days […]

Introduction & Overview: Welcome!

Intro & Overview:   Welcome to this series of video commentaries on this, my first book, “In the Midst of Our Storms.”  I intend these first to fill out the fundamental insights that led me to write it and secondly to delve more deeply into the matter of each chapter in IMOS.  Thank you for your interest… so […]

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