Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-08-05
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi There's something I don't talk about often: before I was a deacon, I was a music director. Fourteen years. Organist,
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi There's something I don't talk about often: before I was a deacon, I was a music director. Fourteen years. Organist,
A few weeks ago I wrote about four days at four different altars. This week it was four sons. Thomas performed in a cabaret in St. Louis last night - song
What We Released This Weekend This past weekend, Domus became what it was always meant to be... for now. There's still so much more potential. In Matthew
What the Sabbatical Is Teaching Me I've been on sabbatical from active parish ministry for a couple of weeks now. People keep asking what I'm doing with t
The Morning He Left Yesterday, Matthew left for Air Force Basic Training. We dropped him at the airport. Final hugs. A picture together - the three of us,
Spring Water I'm writing this from a little studio near Bennett Spring State Park in southwest Missouri. This is an old family favorite spot - spring-fed
The Guard Slipped Last night I was trimming my eyebrow hair. The rotating dial on my clippers fell off. The guard slipped to the shortest position. The re
The Picnic St. Elizabeth Parish Picnic was immensely successful this weekend. We were blessed with beautiful weather and large crowds. This is our major fund
Rest, re-entry, a State championship, and the parish picnic this weekend
Learning to Rest We're in the air right now. Tomorrow morning, our family boards a Disney cruise for a week at sea. This will be the first vacation I can reme
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 wind
The Upper Room The disciples spent ten days in the upper room. We forget this. We remember Palm Sunday and Good Friday and Easter and Pentecost, but we forget