Deacon Doug Mould

Are we able to bargain with God?  Can we make a deal with Jesus?  Well, a quick reading of today’s Gospel passage might make us think that maybe we can.  The Canaanite woman seems to persist in working on Jesus until he changes his mind and grants her what she wants.  And let’s be honest—how […]

There is a scene from the movie “The Wizard of Oz” where Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion finally arrive at the end of the Yellow Brick Road in Emerald City and were about to meet the Wizard.  They all came with a request that they thought only the great and

Several times during the course of the Mass, we are presented with something, and then we are asked to respond.  To start the Mass, the priest greets the people saying, “The Lord be with you,” to which we reply, “And with your Spirit.”  During the first part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word,

At the beginning of every Mass, after the priest invokes the Blessed Trinity “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” the first words from the priest are “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with

Back when I was in high school at Northland High School in Columbus (Home of the Vikings!), I participated in some sports, and was an avid fan of the different sporting events.  We had our natural rivals, which was Brookhaven, just down Karl Road from us.  The intensity of rivalry grew when I went to

There’s a common phrase that I’ve heard many, many times over the years; I know I’ve used it often enough.  I’m sure everyone here has heard it and probably even used it yourself.  When someone makes a mistake, does something wrong, maybe even in a sinful way, there is a tendency to say to that

I’m sure many of you have the experience of not being able to celebrate Christmas with some family members on Christmas Day, so you wait until the following weekend or whenever you can get together to celebrate this wonderful occasion with a meal and exchanging gifts.  Maybe you forgot to get a Christmas Card right

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”  It’s hard for me to imagine this question coming from John the Baptist.  So let’s put in in context: John is in prison. This is some time—probably several years after the Baptism of Jesus. He witnessed the descent of the Holy

As we come to the end of the Church’s liturgical year we hear certain Scripture passages that might cause us to ask “This is the Good News?”  The Gospel passage that we just heard is part of a “discourse,” or a speech, in which Jesus speaks of what we would call the End Times.  This

Let us begin by calling on the Holy Spirit to enliven us: Come, Holy Spirit!  Come, Holy Spirit! As you know, last week we had a visiting priest, Father Elias, who came from Columbus to celebrate the Eucharist for us in Father Tom’s absence.  Unfortunately, I was unable to be here Saturday evening to assist