Greetings in Christ! This week we celebrate the secular holiday of Thanksgiving. It’s my absolute favorite holiday. This is a great chance for us to focus on Gratitude. It’s an amazing thing how powerful and yet underrated gratitude is. Gratitude refocuses us; it heals our wounds and lifts our spirits. Scripture is pretty clear on the importance […]
Greetings in Christ! As I type this, I am processing the fact that Proposal 3 passed. My heart is broken. Clearly, we’ve decided that humans will decide when a life begins; not science, not reason. However discouraged or happy you are about this, let’s all remember that our hope is Jesus, not laws and rules. We can still love, […]
Greetings in Christ! Man, I got hit hard with a virus this last week. I missed you all very much. Today is Wednesday, November 2nd, and, as I type this I’m feeling much better. My doctor asked me to quarantine myself and so I have. If I do the math right, this is my last day of quarantine. […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I must begin by asking for your forgiveness. Last Sunday the priest assigned to the noon Mass did now show up. Fr. Le was away and we found a priest who agreed to pray the Mass, but he made a mistake and messed up on his calendar. I was attending to other […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I’ve got lots of important information for you this week, so let’s get right after it. I need to run “sick calls” and Last Rites by you, so you know how to get ahold of us and the best way to do it. Every once in a while, I’ll hear someone tell me […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m happy to be back in the saddle. As I spoke of in my homily last week, it was such a joy to go on convocation this year. Bishop Vincke was our speaker and was amazing. I don’t know if you noticed, but we’re actually creeping up on All Souls and All Saints Day…holy […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This week Fr. Le and I will be attending the Diocese of Lansing Priest Convocation. While we are away our holy deacons will offer communion services each morning in place of the 8 am Masses. These services will be live streamed as we normally do. There will not be a Wednesday […]
Greetings in Christ, all! Before I forget, I want to help with a couple of questions I received about the Diocese efforts regarding Proposal 3. The most common question is about politics and the Church. Aren’t we a nonprofit? What about Separation of Church and State? “Separation of Church and State” does not mean churches cannot […]
Greetings in Christ! As you can see, construction/creation of the reliquary and Divine Mercy area have begun. If everything goes well, it will be done in a few weeks. Please pray for our efforts! As a reminder, the area to the north of the altar will be a prayerful place for us to venerate first class relics […]