Posts by Michael Throop

We are together, forever, in this bond between God and man, through His son, Jesus Christ,

Time for self-examination, time for doubt to move to assurance, time to make the leap from sadness and fear to prepare for the great joy that is Easter.

Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and

Lent is a few weeks away. Get ready.

Our Lord presents our “road map” to satisfaction. It is not a straight path, and there will be detours.

I suppose Walt Disney produced “happy” stories to compensate for his difficult past. Don’t we all?

Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you about your destination.

Christmas before family was never what Christmas is now.

We have been expecting him, but God in his goodness decides all events, especially those where our mere mortal beings fail miserably.

He sent his son to be among us … not in some castle, not in a mansion, not in a place overflowing with temptations and excess.