100 years: This Saturday, May 13, is the 100th anniversary of the apparition of our Blessed Mother to the three children of Fatima in 1917. Pope Francis is going to Fatima to celebrate. We will have the Our Lady of Fatima statue from our region in our Church that day. At 3 pm there will […]
Moving forward: Thanks again for your generosity in supporting the Witness to Hope Campaign. Our parish building committee is now meeting every two weeks to discuss our plans. At our last meeting we approved hiring a company to do a topography of our property. Since we are working with the city and the diocese, a […]
Happy Easter Still: As you know, the Easter Season is 50 days long concluding with Pentecost Sunday on June 3. The Octave of Easter concludes this Sunday. Easter reminds us that the Church begins with witness: lives changed by an encounter with the Risen Lord; men and women who then transform others by the power […]
He did it: Christ is risen. He kept his promises. The Resurrection of Jesus is our life now. We know our future. St. Paul says that “if there is no resurrection our faith is in vain.” He also makes this proclamation: “Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed […]
Hosanna: The holiest week of the year begins with the final Sunday of Lent, Palm Sunday. This day commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem. Jesus knows that he will be crucified and die for us. Palm branches are widely recognized as symbols of peace and victory. Palms or small branches would be waved […]
Raised from the dead: This Sunday is the fifth Sunday of Lent. Next Sunday is Palm (Passion) Sunday and then the following weekend is the Easter Triduum culminating in EASTER SUNDAY!!! This Sunday’s readings focus on the raising of Lazarus from the dead (let that sink in). This is the sixth ‘sign’ of seven signs […]
Blind: This Sunday’s Gospel reading focuses on John 9: 1 -41–the man blind from birth. His disciples asked Jesus whose sin caused the blindness—the parents or him. Jesus said, “neither he nor his parents sinned, it so that the works of God might be made visible through him.” Jesus sent the man into the Pool […]
Thirsty: In today’s Gospel we encounter two people who are thirsty for water: Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Their thirst for water is on one level, but on a deeper level they are thirsting for more. Jesus thirsts for the woman’s heart. It is he who first seeks us and asks for […]
Transfiguration: On this second Sunday of Lent the Gospel is on the Transfiguration of Jesus. Our Savior had talked to his disciples about the cross—not only His cross but taking up their cross as well—and they must have been afraid. So Jesus does something beautiful. He takes Peter, James and John up a high mountain […]
A Choice to Make: Today’s readings are fascinating. In our first reading Adam and Eve listened to the “serpent’ (the devil) instead of God. They chose to believe the serpent’s lies that God could not be trusted, that following Him was just about following rules, and that He doesn’t love us. However, in the Gospel […]