Deacon Doug Mould

At the end of the Last Supper, Jesus says to Peter, “Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail.”  But Peter cannot even allow for the possibility that he would ever let the Lord down. “Lord, I am prepared […]

Last week we heard that the homilies given during the Season of Lent this year would focus on the Sacrament of Reconciliation with the theme “Healing Our Wounded Hearts.”  Our hearts, and indeed our souls, are wounded by sin, and it is only through the mercy of God through the death, resurrection and ascension of

For the past week or so in the daily Mass Readings, the Church has been reading from the first Book of Kings, and we’ve been hearing about the rise of Solomon to the kingship of Israel.  Solomon was the son of King David, of whom God promised “I will raise up your offspring after you,

The changing of water into wine by Jesus at the wedding feast at Cana is the first “sign” or “miracle” that is performed by Jesus; we’ve all heard the story time and time again, and we should be very familiar with it.  But it’s unfortunate (at least in my opinion) that the lectionary omits the