Winter is coming, the church year is waning, and our thoughts turn to mortality. In our short dance on this Earth, what’s our purpose?

It’s no accident that when Jesus was born he was placed in a food trough. He was sent to feed a hungry world.

If, as a shepherd of souls, you could change one thing about the minds and hearts of your parishioners, what would it be?

I am a city boy, born and raised. I profess very little knowledge about animals of any kind―wild, domesticated, or farm. I do like dogs and cats. Beyond that my experience has been pretty limited.

Some kids are sitting around a board game and one of them is reading the instructions. The rules are quite elaborate and confusing. Finally, one of them says, “Can anyone just tell me how you win this game?”

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us call to mind our sins and ask the Lord for forgiveness and strength.

Christ has intrinsic dominion over all creatures, not seized by violence but held by essence and nature.

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