Most of you know me as a priest, and you might think that I have always been a faithful Catholic, but that is not the case. I had drifted away from the Church back in middle school and by the time I was in college, I lived almost as if I never was Catholic. As I used the standards of society for my own morality, I noticed some kind of emptiness, sadness, and unhappiness in my life. I tried to distract myself from this strange pain with many things like video games, movies, board games, card games, and other forms of entertainment. But as soon as the activity was over the pain returned. It was at its worst one night in the summer of 2004 when I was staying in Rolla to work as an undergraduate research assistant for one of the Nuclear Engineering professors. Listen to my homily (either one) to find out more about my return to the Catholic Church. Or, watch the video recording from Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve
Readings: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14.
Christmas Day
Readings: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20
Key Themes: Christmas, Christ is our light, My Conversion Story, Joy of being in relationship with the Lord
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