Marge Fenelon

I offer you praise, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because what you have hidden from the learned and the clever you have revealed to the merest children. (Lk 10:21) Jesus’ words contradict the way things are in the world today. There’s so much emphasis on what degree you have, what college or university you attended, how many rungs … Continue reading →

As Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him with this request:”Sir, my serving boy is at home in bed paralyzed, suffering painfully.” He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” “Sir,” the centurion said in reply, “I am not worthy to have you under my roof. Just give the order and my boy will get better.” (Mt 8:5-8) … Continue reading →

Brothers and sisters: You know the time; it is the hour now for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. (Rom 13:11) St. Paul tells us that we should awake from sleep, but it seems like all I ever do is awake … Continue reading →

Do you hate to wait? Most of us do. Advent is all about waiting, about finding joy and longing for the coming of Jesus. Mary understood this waiting. She understood what it was like to wait for the unexpected to become the expected, to wait for the fulfillment of our desires, to wait for the Lord Jesus to be born … Continue reading →

The International Schoenstatt Movement has published a short biography of Fr. Leisner… The Ordination at Dachau By Deacon Greg Kandra Some months back, I preached a homily on the “Priesterblock,” the section of the Dachau concentration camp where priests were kept in isolation during World War II. Dozens of men were imprisoned there, kept apart from others, for one explicit … Continue reading →

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101117/sc_yblog_thelookout/if-the-science-guy-passes-out-and-nobody-tweets-it-did-it-happen You can read the story for yourself. Unless we get a grip on technology – especially for our children – technology will get a grip on us.

My latest on CNA’s Catholic Womanhood: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/cw/post.php?id=414

Did anyone think our Lord was kidding? Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three;they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, … Continue reading →