Shawn The Baptist

How do you imagine God looks at you? What if you allowed yourself to be seen, warts and all, and found not judgment but acceptance and love?

The famous painting "The School of Athens" by Raphael has an important lesson to teach us about desire and how we can get what we really want.

God has a plan for our life. We can know some of it, but we won't really see it all until the end. In the mean time, what we have is today.

Should we party or fast? The Catholic answer is often "both!" Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday. The virtue of temperance is how we do it right.

It's fun to cheer for your favorite sports team, but taking that win at all cost and hate everyone else attitude beyond sport is destructive.

The baptism of Jesus marked the beginning of his public ministry. In our baptism we receive the Holy Spirit to empower us for our mission.

On the feast of the Baptism of the Lord we explore the significance of baptism and its diminishing importance in modern culture and families.

Christmas is a time when we often look back at past celebrations. These memories give a special meaning to the present.

Delve into the Jewish origins of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus, unveiling the deeper meanings of the Christmas story.

It appears that John the Baptist had doubts about Jesus when faced with great suffering. He wondered "Should we look for another?"

John the Baptist is an unexpected person, in an unexpected place, with an unexpected message. The same can be true for us.

Is the kingdom of God here? There are many ways we can say "Not Yet!" But, because of Christmas, the answer is also "Now!"

Peter failed. We all fail. But when we meet the risen Lord, there's really only one thing he is going to ask us.

The resurrection is big news. But St. Paul reminds us that this big news spreads in small ways, like yeast in dough.

Fr. Shawn discusses Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil, and the season of Easter