VI Epiphany (b) 1 Cor 9.24-27; Mk 1.40-45 12 February 2012 Fr. Patrick Allen + + + I've made a little list: The Nordic Track.  The Stationary Bicycle.  Elliptical trainers, treadmills, and stairmasters.  The shake weight, the sauna suit, soloflex, bow flex.  The iGallop, the power glide, the body blade, the toning tube.  The ab coaster, the abtronic, ab rocket, ab roller, ab wheel, ab glider, the abdominator (Okay, I made that one up). The Chuck Norris Total Gym, P90X, and we cannot forget, much as we might like to, Suzanne Somers and the Thigh Master. In addition to that...

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+JMJ+  IV Epiphany, Yr. B Mk 1.21-28 29:I:2012 Fr. Patrick Allen(Listen) + + + Several days ago, Fr. Sanderson asked if I would put together a little flyer and some electronic publicity for our vigil mass of the Presentation of Our Lord (5.30PM this Wednesday; coffee and dessert to follow!), which I was glad to do.  It was a pleasure, and actually kind of edifying, to do a little Google image search for the Presentation, to scroll across icons and paintings from multitudes of master artists across hundreds of years, all depicting this one event, each using their different materials,...

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XXI Pentecost (27a): The Wise & Foolish Virgins Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church Mt 25.1-13 6 November 2011 Fr. Patrick Allen + + + I own a generator.  I have a designated 10-gallon tank of gasoline to fuel that generator.  I have drinking water – a gallon per person per day for several days – carefully stored.  Also a wide variety of flashlights and lanterns, and a large supply of batteries.  A goodly quantity of canned foods, and not only Vienna Sausages.  Baby formula.  A well-stocked first aid kit.  NOAA weather radio.  A zip-loc bag with some money...

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Matthew 21.33-46: the Parable of the Wicked Tenants.

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XIV Pentecost (20a) Mt 20.1-16 18 September 2011 Fr. Patrick S. Allen + + + Matthew 20.1-161 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; 4 and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. 5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he...

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