Living in the Word of God: Start Reading the Bible
Inspired by Archbishop Richard Smith’s pastoral letter, Living in the Word of God, I’ve recently been encouraging students and adults alike to spend…
Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday
Liturgically speaking, Holy Saturday is the quietest day of the year – the time between Jesus’ death, and his resurrection which takes place…
An OGRE To help you grow closer to God
The Following represents my talk notes from the closing keynote talk at the Prince George Diocesan Youth Conference on April 22nd, 2018 As…
Teach us to pray: Glory be…
It’s not a very long prayer – but chances are, if you’ve ever been at a Catholic event like sacramental preparation, youth ministry…
Hail Mary
When I began to seriously investigate my faith, one of the things I was really struck by was Pope St. John Paul II’s…
Teach us to Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
When I worked with a traveling retreat team, we used to present a skit that began with one of our team members walking…
Teach us to Pray: The Sign of the Cross
At the beginning of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie (the Curse of the Black Pearl), Captain Jack Sparrow sails into Port…
Lord, teach us to pray….
“Lord, teach us to pray…” -John 11:1 Since I don’t remember going through it myself, it has been a fascinating exercise observing my…
Lead us Not Into Temptation part 2
Yesterday, I posted part I of a reflection on the temptations of Jesus where, at the beginning of the Gospel, the devil lays…
Committing to Prayer
I recently heard a theologian suggest that eternity (Heaven) depends to a certain degree on how willing you are to pray: if you…