Upon further review April 12, 2019By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom I just wanted to assure you that I am still living at the cathedral rectory. I’ve been able to keep my residence. Please pray that I’ll be able to keep my sanity!
Moving experience March 6, 2019By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom To be human is to be worthy of God. God affirms the value of human life, by becoming human himself. But life is not easy.
Emulate God, work together February 1, 2019By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom There is divinity flowing though us all the time. We just have to believe that. And then winter will turn to spring.
Jeers to cheers December 22, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Christmas is a chance again to discover who we are. God came into the world in the form of a baby because God always comes into the world that way.
Everyone’s story December 5, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Christmas reminds us that God, as Christ, has entered our world again in person to let us know that God never abandons us, that evil ultimately will not triumph.
Grateful for faithful examples November 1, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom It’s good to remember the many, many good priests who inspired such generosity.
Genes, chromosomes – and God October 15, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom God is not some invisible presence watching us from the sky; God is as close to us as the DNA in our bodies.
Pearls amid junk September 3, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom When you look at infinite space and countless solar systems and stars and galaxies, we’re part of a creation that is truly worthy of God.
Family matters July 7, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Our culture is hard on faith. In the name of freedom of choice, we are arguably becoming one of the least free societies.
The skinny on summer June 11, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Do all the good you can, for as many people as you can, for as long as you can. If you do that, you may not just live longer. You may live forever.
Like Mary, we are all called May 6, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Our job is not just to do good things for God, but to allow God to do good things through us. That’s what Mary models.
Trust God’s love – now April 6, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom The key to trusting God’s power after death is to trust his power during life.