Today, I triumphantly return to the internet.

It pales in comparison to Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

I’m very ok with that.

Not so much a reflection as it is a rant.  I probably shouldn’t even post this, and maybe I’ll delete it later after I think about it some more, but for the time being, here it is…

Everything seems to be working this morning, so I should be more-or-less on time with today’s post.  I wouldn’t say today’s first reading is my favorite reading from Scripture (it would be kind of an odd choice), but I do kind of enjoy it.  So here’s a bit of a reflection based on it.

Readings are here.

Ugh.  What a day.  My internet was spotty all morning, and I have no idea why, but I couldn’t get this one to upload.  Then I was gone most of the afternoon and evening, but hey, here we are now.  Stuff happens sometimes.  Tomorrow will, I hope, be better.

Today’s readings are here.

It was like pulling teeth to make this one happen.  Did yesterday’s recording in one take; this one took 7 or 8.  But hey, I got it done, and I even rant a little bit in it.

Today’s readings are here.

My hope is to get another recording done later with some thoughts on the latest restrictions from the Diocese, as well as the Papal blessing from Friday.  No guarantees, though.

I should post this and just immediately go right back to bed.  I got this done in one take.  That never happens.  Clearly my day has already reached its high point and it will all be downhill from here…  anyway, here you go.

Today’s readings.

The Stations of the Cross have always been one of my favorite devotions, so I’ve been wanting to find a way to share them with you all here during this particularly difficult Lenten season.  It’s been tougher than I anticipated.  I thought it would be nice to make them a video of sorts, rather than me just reading them to you, and I still think that’s the right call…but it turns out I’m not much of a video editor.  Nor, for that matter, do I fully understand how to use everything WordPress has put at my disposal.

Nevertheless, here’s something I cobbled together.  I tried to post this a little earlier and it didn’t seem to work; hopefully this one does.  If not, I suppose it’s back to the drawing board.

I really am losing my sense of time…I thought I was getting this published fairly early, but it’s already after 10.  Not exactly what I had planned.  Here are some thoughts on the cost of discipleship.  Today’s readings can be found here.

Another prayer resource for everyone, and one I’m rather biased towards…the chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel.  The chaplet is very easy to pray; you can find an easy how-to guide – as well as some interesting background information – on EWTN’s page.

I also want to link to this story of Saint Michael and Pope Saint Gregory the Great – how the Holy Father had a vision of the Archangel defending the city of Rome during a terrible plague around the year 590 AD.

My video-creating skills still need some work; I cut off the closing Sign of the Cross on this one, and I wasn’t about to redo things.  I keep saying I’ll get better at this.  I hope that’s true.  So, let’s pray…

Pulled out my notes from seminary for this one…made me feel old, and slightly nostalgic.  Anyway, here’s some thoughts on the ideas of witness and testimony that are at play in today’s Gospel.