I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. I was with my family. At diner I sat with my 6:3, 212 pound nephew. We both had seconds. But when he got up to go for his thirds I gave up. It’s hard to keep up with a growing 17-year old young man, not just at the dinner table...

Last summer on a hot Sunday in July, the first time I talked to you about the Lord renew your church Capital Campaign I told you about Fr. Mulchay. “This is the IRS calling. Are you Fr. Mulchay, pastor of St. Adelbert’s Parish?” “I am”. “Do you have a parishioner by...

In the temple that day Jesus sees the money changers (in today’s language let’s call them the loan sharks) turning his Father’s house into a marketplace (In today’s language let’s call it a shopping maul). Jesus is angered by what he sees. Why is Jesus so bothered by...

In the second reading from Romans 5 Paul reminds us that “Hope does not disappoint”. Ever have your heart set on something but when you get it, you’re disappointed that it’s not quite as great as you thought it’d be? As a kid I had my heart set on getting a Schwin...

If you’re in your twenties or thirties, this homily may be of particular interest to you. If you’re not in your twenties or thirties it will also be of interest to you. As we know it seems nothing turns young people off to organized religion faster than when they...

In college seminary, my roommate left the seminary to do alternative service working with at risk kids in the Bronx. A year or so later I went to visit him. Going there was a real eye opener for me. I remember walking down the streets of Harlem alone. I was the only...

The emperor in a faraway land had a magnificent vase that was his pride and joy. But one day someone accidently knocked over the vase. It fell to the floor and shattered into a thousand pieces.   The fragments of the vase were gathered up and the best potters in the...

We’re in our third year of the diocesan local synod conducted under the leadership of Archbishop Hebda. Not to be confused with that is the Global Synod started at the initiative of Pope Francis and now is being implemented under the leadership of Pope Leo. Today I’d...

In the last few months within a short span of time, on three different occasions we saw innocent people savagely murdered. First at the beginning of the summer there was the murder of Minnesota speaker of the house Melisa Hortman and her husband Mark and their dog...

I heard Fr. Bill Murtough who took the masses las weekend said that he was my twin brother. He may be my evil twin but he’s not my twin brother. Good to be back to celebrate with you Sunset Fest. As we say, the only Sunset Fest in all of Carver County, quite possible...