Deacon Michael

November 27, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on November 27, 2017
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Q&A: Reception of Baptised Christians into Full Communion

At one of the Masses last weekend in my home parish (the parish in which I’m also currently assigned), it was a pleasure to be assisting […]
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November 10, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on November 10, 2017
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The Church, and the People

One might recall the childhood activity of folding one’s hands, fingers pointing inward through the knuckles, then rotating one’s hands open and waving the fingers around, […]
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October 14, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on October 14, 2017
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Good, Evil, & God: Understanding the Old Testament’s “Dark Passages”

In the book of the prophet Isaiah, God teaches mankind, “my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways… For as the heavens […]
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October 10, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on October 10, 2017
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Today’s Office of Readings

I always start my day by offering the Morning Prayer of the church (as I’m obliged to do while in formation, and would promise to do […]
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September 24, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on September 24, 2017
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Today’s Gospel: In the Vineyard

Today’s Gospel is deeply meaningful to me. When our initial cohort of our Diaconate formation class was told, in the summer of 2016, that our formation […]
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September 24, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on September 24, 2017
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Our Peaceful Protest

In the midst of all of the protests (and rioting) in St. Louis right now (just follow the Twitter hashtag #stlverdict for a bit), it was […]
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July 19, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on July 19, 2017
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The Call is Sacred

I awoke this morning to the tail end of a dream in which I was sitting in the kitchen of the (three advisers back) lead adviser […]
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April 14, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on April 14, 2017
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The power of Christ’s blood

From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account […]
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April 13, 2017
Published by Deacon Michael on April 13, 2017
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The Triduum

The three holiest days of the church year. Tonight, the table hosts a meal. Tomorrow, the cross provides a place of execution. Saturday, the tomb becomes […]
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