The feast of St. Joseph reminds us of the church as a family. The old idea of a family is that of a “house” building up a amidst the decay of the world. New life emerges from the roots of faith…
3.20.22 Bulletin
Third Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent
3.13.22 Bulletin
Second Sunday of Lent
“It was about eight days after he said this” is how Luke introduces the climb to the mount of transfiguration. “This” refers to accepting his cross. Think about how perplexing this was to the disciples…
3.6.22 Bulletin
First Sunday of Lent
Welcome to Lent. Forty days of fasting, prayer and almsgiving that can be accomplished together in a way that is not possible outside of Lent…
2.27.22 Bulletin
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Repent and believe in the Gospel.” As we begin our Lenten pilgrimage, this year is marked with invasion in the Ukraine, a European war that we thought was part of black and white photos and an antiquarian fight of good against evil…
2.13.22 Bulletin
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Sermon from the Plain. Jesus fixes is eyes on his disciples and this great opening statement about the reign of God asks his disciples to draw happiness from this future event when in His mercy and love all will be made manifest. We are called be Jesus to live our faith in action.
2.6.22 Bulletin
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
When the Lord stepped aboard Peter’s fishing boat to hold steady before a crowd, to sit and to teach them, Jesus returned the favor by asking Peter to set out and drop nets for a catch. The love of Christ is the power of living in Him. The life of holiness could be felt by St. Peter in the first the pull of the nets. All things work to the good when unfettered from sin and death. Leaving the nets should be the first call of Christian life, specifically for the young to be supported and encouraged to consider religious life.
1.23.33 Bulletin
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time is “Word of God Sunday”
Word of God
Spoken first and heard last.
Unbegotten
Understood and standing stirring…
1.16.22 Bulletin
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The First Miracle of Jesus is for the happiness of the human family. “You have saved the best wine until last” is the promise that betrothal to Christ in the sacramental life gives: beyond what we could plan or even desire in life, the water of our humanity has turned to wine. Let us be disposed to the Spirit, as Paul instructs us in the second reading, so that we may be ready to play our part.
1.9.22 Bulletin
The Baptism of the Lord
Baptism of the Lord. In Luke’s Gospel God the Father speaks directly to his Son: “You are my beloved son. With you I am well pleased.” Later, in the Transfiguration the Father speaks from a cloud to his disciple: “This is my beloved son, listen to him.” The love of the Father for the Son, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit swirl around the meaning of baptism: the inner working of the trinitarian godhead. It is the taking flesh, its humility, with which the Father is well pleased. It bodes well for us that we are made to receive and to be filled with God in our humanity.
