This weekend at the 9AM Mass on Sunday, we celebrate the First Scrutiny with the elect. Who are the elect? These are the people who are preparing to enter our community at the Easter Vigil. Some have been baptized already and are the Candidates;…
Blog
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
When do you think of God? Whether this thought is in praise or whether it is in thanksgiving or even one of complaining, do you recognize The Lord in your midst? The Israelites were in the early stages of their 40-year journey in the desert and they…
Thursday, March 5, 2020
In today’s Gospel, we hear of Christ’s Transfiguration on the mountaintop.
We get this same passage each year on the second Sunday of Lent, just like we always hear of the temptations of Jesus in the desert on the First Sunday of Lent. The…
Thursday, February 27, 2020
It’s one of those things we know to be true on an intellectual level, but we forget it easily in personal experience. Temptation is not the same as sin.
This truth is obvious from the Scriptures. In the Lord’s Prayer, we are taught to pray, “forgive…
Thursday, February 27, 2020
You may have noticed some changes today, or on Ash Wednesday when you came to Mass. The environment is definitely different. All of the gold that can be removed has been; all the greenery is gone. We have gone back to using a simple wooden cross and…
Friday, February 21, 2020
We open our Masses this weekend singing that word ‘Alleluia’ which won’t be heard after today until the Easter Vigil. Sing it out with all your voice, heart and soul!
We are given our call to Sainthood today in the Gospel: “Be perfect just as your…
Friday, February 21, 2020
In my many Lenten fails, I’ve learned a different way of approaching Lent. I view Lent as a time to try adding or taking away things from my life to see if I am able to improve. I make it a time, not of suffering (necessarily) but rather of…
Monday, February 17, 2020
We only have one more Sunday in Ordinary time before Lent is upon us (Ash Wednesday is February 26).
We hear a lot about rules, laws, and commandments this weekend, and what is in store for us if we keep them or disobey them. Wehave many great one-…
Monday, February 17, 2020
Jesus focuses on the precepts of human relationships and offers insight into how God would have us act toward one another. God seems to have a preferential (but not exclusive) love for the spiritually, emotionally, and materially poor, but it seems…
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Wherever two or more people gather, some sharing of germs is inevitable. When Catholics gather to celebrate the Eucharist, our first concern is sharing our gratitude, our faith and our belief in Christ among us. However, during cold and flu season,…