Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
Homilies & Reflections
Pentecost Happened
What I preached, what I learned, and a word I should have used
Faith & Life
The Bird at the Window
Sunday Night as our weekly Holy Hour started, when I was kneeling to chant O Salutaris Hostia, I could see a bird flying around the window above the sanctuary.
Faith & Life
The End Is Where We Start From
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
Homilies & Reflections
The Answer is a Person
Thomas asks a perfectly reasonable question. Jesus has just said, "Where I am going, you know the way." And Thomas responds: "Master, we do not know where you