Fr. Jim's Blog

I have changed the format for the Daily Thought and will be posting those through a new blog. The page will appear on the website as an external page, so it looks a little different. The good thing is I can update the Daily Thought from anywhere and have it updated on the website. This will be very handy when I travel.

I have published the Podcast for the 1st Sunday of Lent. I also have provided an additional "After The Homily" teaching on temptation. Click here for the podcast. Click here for the Lenten Resource section of my website. I leave Thursday for the Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. I am looking forward to seeing an old friend from college and numerous people I went to seminary with. The event draws a crowd of nearly 40,000 people. The weather report said it was going to be 88 degrees on Sunday. Wow! Hope your Lent is off to a good start. Mine is!

On Saturday I joined Barbara McGuigan, host of "The Good Fight" for a two hour program featuring a great book by Trent Beattie titled "Finding True Happiness" . The episode has been posted. You can listen to the program by clicking here. here. I have also posted the homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (February 23, 2014). You can listen to it by clicking here. 

I have gotten a few reports that our parish Fire It Up Retreat is off to a good start. Unfortunately, because of other business, I couldn't be with them this weekend. I was able to produce six teaching videos and they are using those in light of my absence. I encountered numerous obstacles in making the videos but I finally got them done. I will post them below. The talks are done in sets of 2. Here are the first 2 talks. Here are talks 3&4 Here are talks 5&6

Greetings! It has been quite a while since I have written an update. That is usually a sign that I have been keeping very busy. My brother and his family were guests last weekend. My nephew was participating in a basketball tournament. They won 2 games and lost 2 games. My nephew and his teammates were quite a bit smaller than some of the other teams. Still, they did a good job and I am glad I was able to watch a couple of his games. My Aunt and Uncle came down on Martin Luther King Jr Day to watch their last game and then we went to lunch. Tomorrow is my Uncle's birthday. The big 69! Happy birthday Uncle Bob. Life in the parish and school have been very busy.  Last night I attended the Celebration of Light dinner for the Fulcrum Foundation. We are sure blessed to have the Fulcrum Foundation which supplies scholarships every year to help make Catholic Schools more accessible. My parents arrived on Thursday evening for a visit. My mom is helping me cook for the Thai Food Dinne...

I have posted the homily for this past weekend's Mass. You can listen to it by clicking here.

The homily has been posted for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. You can listen to it by clicking here.