Fr Don’s Blog: A Different Truth

Among all the major world religions, Hinduism claims to have no beginning.  Though it can be traced to around 2,000 BCE it may have always been around because it’s not so much a religion as it is a lifestyle.  It has many offshoots.  The major one is Buddhism, founded...

Fr Don’s Blog: No Need for God

UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader No Need For God When nineteenth century French scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace was asked by Napolean how God fit into academic equations, he famously responded, “I have no need of that hypothesis.”   Though he was quick to admit that...

Gmail Announcement: July 28, 2024

This Sunday is the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. May I share my reflection? Please see attached 17th Sunday in OT Bulletin. May we invite those who can attend the Sunday Mass in-person to join us in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in St. James KC. Fr....

Fr Don’s Blog: When September Ends

Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of the American rock band, Green Day, wrote a famous song called Wake Me Up When September Ends.  It is a lament about his father who died when the boy was only ten.  Released in 2005, it was adopted by the citizens of New Orleans and...