Riding the Bus

Riding the Bus

Weekly Gospel Reflection Riding the Bus Riding the bus, I rejoice when a straggler squeezes on just as the doors close.  A victory that all bus riders can appreciate.  I’m likely to call out to the driver if I see someone trying to make it on who is not quite there. ...

Fr Don’s Blog: Growth with Change

UPON THIS ROCK Growth with Change Cardinal John Henry Newman once said, “In a higher realm it may be otherwise but here below to live is to change; and to be perfect is to change often.”  From the moment we burst into this existence we scream out with divine spiritual...

Fr Don’s Blog: Neighborhood Justice

UPON THIS ROCK Neighborhood Justice I met George O’Laughlin in the early 1990s when I was assigned to my first pastorate; it was in the inner city.  He was the first person I knew who was a member of two Catholic parishes at the same time: one in the suburban...

Fr Don’s Blog: Mostly Catholic

Mostly Catholic In an interview with Mr. Alvin Brooks, namesake of the Alvin Brooks Center for Faith-Justice at Rockhurst University, I praised him for his leadership role and servanthood within the Catholic Church.  He clarified that he is “mostly Catholic.”  Over...

Fr Don’s Blog: Magis

Magis On the Rockhurst University campus, there is a building which everyone refers to as The MAC (Magis Activity Center).  Most of its space is dedicated to equipment for training, shaping, and strengthening bodies’ physical well-being.  “Magis” is an unusual word. ...