Imago Trinitatis

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Readings:   http://usccb.org/bible/readings/033119-yearc.cfm   Audio at bottom of post. Have you ever had a time in your life when you wanted to run away from home?   It’s interesting how so many kids have these sorts of thoughts – they see the privileges that other kids seem to have, they’re told no by their parents, and then they imagine that life must be better elsewhere.   It doesn’t help that there’s so many movies or cartoons that seem to glorify independence as a child, which makes many children think that they can do the same.   I know I had those thoughts occasionally as a child.   Of course, those thoughts are completely irrational, but that doesn’t stop us from wanting to do it! But what happens when that continues into older age?   This is the question that Jesus proposes for us in our Gospel, this well-known story of the Prodigal Son.   The younger son has had enough of life wo...

Moses and the Burning Bush , Arnold Friberg Readings:  http://usccb.org/bible/readings/032419-yearc.cfm Audio for homily at bottom of post What would it be like to not exist?   How did we even begin existing on this earth?   You could have probably called me a strange child, because even when I was in grade school, I would sometimes find myself sitting in my room playing with Legos, and this question coming to mind – how am I existing right now?   How is it that I, somehow called by the name Billy Cremers (as I went by until 6 th grade – don’t call me that now!), am experiencing this, going from place to place, even going to sleep and waking up as the same person with the same memories?   I didn’t decide to be here; I didn’t choose to exist – I simply am – and it almost feels like I’m on a roller coaster that I can’t get off!   Probably most of you didn’t wonder about this question in grade school, but I think we all come to moments when some...

From the Archdiocese of Cardiff, rcadc.org Readings:  http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031019.cfm In the midst of this shifting weather, while it may not always feel like spring yet, we’ve entered into what we can call the “springtime” of the Church.   With Ash Wednesday this past week, we’ve entered into Lent, which comes from a middle-English word meaning “spring.”   This is our time to be refreshed in our faith as we prepare for Easter, a time of grace that we can truly enter into.   In last week’s bulletin, Fr. Joe proposed that we see this time of Lent as a “road to Reconciliation,” a journey to uncover and identify areas within ourselves and our relationships that may be hindering us from living a life of joy and having a sense of purpose, an effort to detox our relationship and lives.   In this wonderful alliteration, where we see Fr. Joe’s poetic genius, we can recognize the grime, the grit, and the grace in our lives, seeing how the Lord desi...