Fr. Bob’s Weekly Reflections

Two men sit in a bar. They’re good friends, like brothers. After a few drinks, one says to the other, “Tell me what hurts me.” The other replies, “How do I know what hurts you?” The first man replies, “If you do not know what hurts me, how can you be my best friend?”

A man by the name of Clarence Jordan published what became known as the cotton patch version of the New Testament in the 1950s and 60s.

Some time ago, a group from the University of Southern California became curious about why some people succeed while others with equal talents and opportunities fail.

My friends, Christ did it all wrong, according to the standards of the world. Just look who He chose to spread His Kingdom.

Sixteen hundred years ago a Bishop of Jerusalem addressed some converts. On the Holy Communion that they were to receive for the first time.

Today is Trinity Sunday; our faith tells us there is but one God. In the one God, there are three persons-Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

Many of us know friends who are generous, perhaps impulsive or unpredictable. They can be extremely loyal but a bit of a “coward” so that you can’t always depend on them.

Years ago, there was a play on Broadway called the “Great God Brown” and in one scene; a man was on his deathbed. He was very frightened but his mother was at his side.

A single mother is frantic. She has found a six-pack of beer in her 14-year-old daughter’s closet. When the daughter comes home from school, she confronts her, “Ok Maria, what is this?”

It is true. We all adapt and adjust to our surroundings. We adapt ourselves continually and necessarily because our society demands adaptation.