The Wild Reed

. What's not to love about Puerto Rican featherweight fighter Orlando Cruz ? I mean, he's the first boxer to declare publicly ...

T oday’s tea party-ized Republicans speak less for Wall Street or Main Street than they do for the seething resentments of white Southern ba...

See also the previous Wild Reed posts: "Thou Hast Thy Music Too" O Sacred Season of Autumn Autumn Hues The Beauty of Minneso...

Today's gospel reading was about Jesus' healing of ten lepers, and how only one of these lepers, a Samaritan, returned to thank Jes...

. Make no mistake, hiding one's true self away in a closet and creating a facade of heterosexuality is not without its consequences. It...

See also the previous Wild Reed posts: Sergius and Bacchus: Martyrs, Saints, Lovers Honoring (and Learning from) the Passion of Saints ...

Earlier today my friends Lisa ( above ), Paula, and I gathered on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul with members and supporters of the...

T he shut-down of our government, and the extremism that lies behind it, is a direct result of America's surging inequality. When almost...

Yes, astounded . That's the best word I can think of to describe how I'm feeling and (just like Prince Valiant pictured at left) no...

Recently I was talking with my friend Paula about Kenneth Grahame 's The Wind in the Willows . Paula asked if I remember that part of t...

A s a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for You, O Beloved. My soul thirsts for the Beloved, for the Living Water. Whe...

I look forward to hearing an enthusiastic response from Archbishop John Nienstedt as he welcomes, through newly opened eyes, Pope Francis’ ...

T here is something tremendously important and tremendously difficult at stake in surrendering ourselves to another human being. This surre...