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I have received a few questions about the Eucharist and Holy Communion in this time of COVID-19. Here is one of those questions: Does one receive the whole Christ if one receives Holy Communion under a single form, i.e. either the bread or the wine, but not both? Yes. Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior,…

Can you remember a difficult or sad experience in your life? Where was God in that time? How was God present? How do you know God was present? As you think about it your memory becomes clearer. You can imagine the light, the sound, and even the odor of the experience. Everything you remember can…

The article I wrote last week concluded with the statement that God did not send COVID-19 to us, nor does God create racists. Allow me to continue. Scientists admit that viruses mystify them. Among the many billions of viruses that exist most are harmless, but, some are deadly to humans and/or animals, and remedies and…

How are you doing? How are you feeling? How are you handling allof the consequences of COVID-19? These are some of the questions of the day. We greet each other and inquire about something that we are all experiencing together. While your experience may be different than mine, we have all been affected by the…

The numbers of people infected with and who have died of COVID-19 are staggering. The world has mobilized great resources to battle it. A few people have raised a question: every year millions of pregnancies are terminated by abortion – why are the resources not mobilized forthis global tragedy? In recent years 40-50 million babies…

The summer months offer us time to change the pace of our lives. Or, perhaps instead of running from one task, job, school event, or meeting, we just run, play, splash in the water, lay in the sun, relax and read, etc. I hope that each of you and your families have a chance to…

I rejoice with all of you at the opportunity to celebrate Mass with participants present in the church itself in significant numbers. We had atotal of more than 450 people who participated at the eight Masses we offer. Fifty-five people per Mass is not so many when our church holds about 600, but it is…

Last weekend, June 6-7, I had two opportunities to get involved and be present at rallies, i.e. “protests,” for racial justice, and against police and societal violence and racism. I watched peaceful young people speak on Saturday, June 6, in front of the police station. A high school student, a teacher from Milwaukee who was…

The Easter season has come to an end, but the truthof what we celebrate during Easter continues: Jesus Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! I pray that we will remain focused on the energy of the resurrection,on the new life that comes through the Resurrected Jesus and the gift ofthe Holy Spirit.…

The concerns with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which threatens the health of people throughout the world has made me think more of people who are living with chronic and enduring illnesses. I invite everyone to pray for and pay attention to those people who face illness and disability EVERY DAY! for a long time.        …