Homecoming
Bishop Kelly
This has been a crazy week. All of the Homecoming activities, including some creative costumes, were certainly out of the ordinary. Then, the United States seemed to slide too easily into yet another war. The change of seasons was part of the difference. Now we …
To Everything there is a Season
“Vanities of Vanities, says Qohoeleth, variety of vanities! All things are vanities. This is from the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes, written some 2,300 years ago. “Qoheleth” is not one person, but a number of people over a long period of times. It means something …
Winning an Imperishable Crown
The Old Testament has relatively few references to athletics. Sports were uncommon among the Jewish people. They saw such events as foreign and unseemly. This was a clash of cultures between Jewish and Greek. The word “athletics” is a Greek word meaning “to compete for …
Football Prayer
Thanks God, for giving me life; and talents for my participation in sports. Help me to play well, to use my powers to the full, to see them as gifts from you. Be with me when I need to play hurt, when I have to …
September 11th, 2014
Twice in my life, I have experienced events when I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. These events were also experienced by millions, even billions of people at the same time. I was 19 years old the day President Kennedy was …
Pregame Prayer
Let us pray Strong and faithful God, as we come together for this contest we ask you to bless all these athletes. Keep them safe from injury and harm and instill in them respect for each other. We ask your blessings on our visitors, officials …
Knights
I am not sure, but I think it was the students themselves who chose “Knights” as our school motto. Whoever chose it, it was a good choice. For one, it’s good to have a human being as a mascot, rather than say, an animal. BK …
Teach Your Children Well
In the United States today, there are 3 million, 700 thousand school teachers in grades K-12. That is more than all the doctors, lawyers, and engineers combined. Although teachers are often in the crossfire between rival interests they are essential to the fundamental need for …
The Feast Day of Saint Augustine
Years ago, one of my golf partners asked me to be his Confirmation sponsor. I agreed and told him he needed to choose a saint for his Confirmation name. Later, he told me he had chosen St. Augustine. I replied that was a good choice …
The Feast Day of Saint Monica
There is nothing quite as persuasive as the tears of a mother for her child. The saint whose feast day is today, St. Monica, is one such mother. Her name is probably better known by the resort city in Southern California named after her, Santa …
