A Different & Intentional Holy Week!

As I watched the donkey watch us on Palm Sunday, I was reminded of simpler things and all things less fancy. It was in his expression that I knew this year needed to be different. This Holy Week was meant to be different. This Holy Week will not be about numbers at each mass in attendance, or … Read more

“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

The opener to this week’s Gospel is great: “some Greeks” come to Andrew and say, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” It is a powerful verse, simple and yet so full of complexities, that it is also engraved on a brass plate on the inside of our pulpit at Saint Miriam. Why? Because we want … Read more

A Time to Strip Away.

[Editor’s Note: Father Liam is away in Assisi, Italy on an extended pilgrimage retreat. This is his reflection.. We are grateful for his sharing.] Today we walked with our retreatants/pilgrims/seekers to the Santuario della Spogliazione—which means stripping or undressing. This is the bishop’s residence and courtyard where Francis’ father brought Francis before the bishop to … Read more