UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader June Sundays By Father Don Farnan on June 23, 2025 Unlike most liturgical Sundays that are identified by numbers (Second Sunday of Advent, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time…), the five Sundays this June...
Read on blog or Reader REM–EMDR By Father Don Farnan on June 29, 2025 Fundraising for local charities and dancing with stars years ago, I was paired with professionals to move and groove to R.E.M.’s hit song Losing My Religion. Though the southern band explained the...
UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader America250 As the United States enters our two hundred fiftieth year as a nation, we can look back with much gratitude for the freedom, liberty, and opportunities given to us, while we also call to mind the sorrows of many who...
Four Key Commitments By Father Don Farnan on June 16, 2025 Motivational speaker and acclaimed writer, David Brooks, in his book The Second Mountain, articulated four “commitments” that make a person’s life meaningful and fulfilling. The four foundations have to do...
Go Placidly By Father Don Farnan on June 9, 2025 Ninety-eight years ago, Max Ehrmann wrote the prose poem Desiderata. It begins with the memorable and soothing line, “Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” This pensive...
