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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Our Kansas Bishops and I are asking for as many Kansans as possible to fill out postcards to show support for a State Constitutional Amendment. The Amendment language will be clear and concise: there is NOT a right to abortion in the Kansas…
Friday, October 11, 2019
We begin our liturgy this weekend singing, “Sing a New Song” which is based on Psalm 98. You may remember that Psalm 98 is also the responsorial psalm for the Mass. Singing Biblical texts is always a good thing in my book – as often as possible! If…
Friday, October 11, 2019
I thought I would write about what I noticed in just one day here at Prince of Peace. These are the many ways people are practicing stewardship here, and it show there are many good things happening and many ways for you to allow stewardship to be…
Friday, October 11, 2019
From the time we are knit together in our mothers’ wombs until we take our final breaths, each moment of our lives is a gift from God. While every season of life brings its own challenges and trials, each season also gives us new opportunities to…
Friday, October 4, 2019
Our entrance antiphon this week is taken from the Book of Esther and proclaims: “For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.” It is from this Bible verse that I…
Saturday, September 28, 2019
This weekend we turn our focus to stewardship.
Our focus is always on Stewardship in some form or other. We are always talking about taking our faith out into the world and sharing it. Last week, we heard about the conniving steward who was going to…
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Stewardship is about our response to God’s invitation.
Stewardship is an attitude, a stance in life of expressing through our daily living our gratitude to the Lord for all of His blessings. Stewardship is a way of life that calls us to ongoing…
Friday, September 20, 2019
Today we begin our Mass with singing a general hymn of praise: “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens”. While the name may not be familiar, the tune should be! This tune is Hymn to Joy, or better known as Ode to Joy or Beethoven’s Joyful, Joyful tune.…
Friday, September 20, 2019
Like our culture, we tend to divide people into winners and losers, admiring and hating the former, looking down on the latter, constantly sizing each other up, rating each other’s bodies, hair, intelligence, clothing, talents and achievements. We…
Friday, September 13, 2019
This week we hear more stories in the Gospel while Jesus is out preaching of the Kingdom of God. We hear about the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son – or the Prodigal Son as we call it. Lots of good scripture to think about! The basic idea…