Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-08-05
Wednesday @ Lunch

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,

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-29
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-29

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

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-22
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-22

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

Wednesday@Lunch 2026-07-15
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday@Lunch 2026-07-15

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

Wednesday@Lunch 7/8/2026
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday@Lunch 7/8/2026

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,

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-01
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 2026-07-01

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

Wednesday @ Lunch 6/24/2026
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 6/24/2026

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

Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 6/17/2026

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

Wednesday @ Lunch 5/27/2026
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 5/27/2026

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

Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 5/20/2026

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

Wednesday @ Lunch 5/13/2026
Wednesday @ Lunch

Wednesday @ Lunch 5/13/2026

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