Serving the Diocese of Toledo at Corpus Christi University Parish
You need to know where you are at in the war before you start to battle. The year was 1944. The battles of World War II were raging on with America and its Allies battling against our enemies from Germany, Italy, and Japan. A Japanese commanding officer called one of his soldiers to give him …
We could all use more joy in our lives today, tomorrow, and forever. A comedian reminded me of this a few days ago. Let me explain. My wife, Julie, and I went and saw a comedian Friday night. We enjoyed some laughs together. Julie tried to carry the joy into the next day by sharing …
Losing the Lamb. When Jesus was the little lamb of God, Mary and Joseph lost Jesus. So, they left the caravan of their relatives and acquaintances and went looking for the lamb of God who they lost. The Bible does not tell us how many people were in this caravan of Mary and Joseph’s relatives …
Do you want to know how to live better and longer? It could be as easy as having something to look forward. It’s true. Having something like Christmas to look forward to can actually help you live better and longer. Let’s start with how looking forward to something like Christmas can help you live longer. …
I’m going to ask a simple question, and everybody’s got to respond. By a show of hands, how many of you would like to be rich … no matter what? A lot of hands went down when I said no matter what. The rich young man we heard about in today’s Gospel reading would still …
Last week, Fr. Jeremy kicked off a five-part series on five Eucharistic words. Over the course of five weeks, we will hear these words mentioned in the Gospel readings from John Chapter 6 where Jesus is teaching and preaching about the Eucharist. These same five words appear when the disciples experience their first communion by …
Last weekend, my family and I drove back from vacation and got back home at about 3:30 a.m. Fast forward six hours later and my wife, Julie, and I were sleeping in bed at about 9:30 a.m. It was then that one of our kids came into our bed and asked Julie to turn on …
If Jesus had not ascended into heaven and was still walking the earth with his resurrected body today, what do you think he would be doing now? … Maybe Jesus would have his own reality TV show. Perhaps he would have a podcast or he would be the world’s biggest social media influencer. Since there …
Have you ever walked into the movie theater halfway through the movie and you are trying to figure out what is going on? When this happens to me, I usually lean over and ask someone what I missed or what’s going on in the story. If I walked into a movie halfway through and I …
I was planning to pop the question. I had the ring. I had it all planned out in my mind. I was going to ask her Dad for her hand in marriage. Then, I was going to take her on a hot air balloon ride and as we rose up into the sky, two people …
