Practice Makes Perfect Deacon Ray Ortman Several years ago a survey identified the most well-known wisdom sayings from our youth.  Among the most common are “treat others how you’d like to be treated” and “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”  But the most...

Credo in unum Deum.  I believe in One God.  Belief in one God is the cornerstone of God’s revelation of Himself to ancient Israel — monotheism in contrast with what was then widespread polytheism — and it lies also at the heart of our Christian faith.  Thus, the...

Deacon Ray Ortman “I solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth. So helpme God.” If you’ve ever been involved in a court case, you will know that is the oaththat witnesses take before testifying. But what it means to be a “witness?”In...

From Act 2, today’s first reading we hear, “There are many kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” And from in I Cor. 12, today’s second reading we hear, “As the body is one though it has many parts … so also (is the body of) Christ.” If you look around, you’ll...

In the last line of today’s Gospel from John 14 Jesus says in effect, “If you love me, I will reveal myself to you.” It’s true, God reveals God’s self to us in many ways and if you look hard you’ll see it happening all over the place  It's like the angel walking down...

  April 29 & 30, 2023 Homily On this Good Shepherd Sunday from I Peter, today’s second reading, we hear, “You have returned to your shepherd, the guardian of your soul.” I don’t know about you, but when I go to prayer that’s who I want to go to, the one who...

 The two disciples on the road to Emmaus, - they were talking and discussing all that had taken place and looking for answers. But it wasn’t until the breaking of the bread at the meal they shared that they recognized the one who had been walking with them. And so on...

Some years back I was involved in a high-velocity ski accident that dislocated my wrist and stretched a nerve in my neck and back. I was lucky. If the nerve had been severed it would have left my arm paralyzed.  I have a priest friend who was not so lucky. He was...

March 5, 2023 Tacos  On the mountain that day Peter, James, and John, perhaps for the first time noticed what it was about Jesus that made Him so different. His face shone like the sun and His eyes blazed with love. Was it that Jesus had changed? Or was it that they...