Today’s parable has been called the parable of the second chance because it teaches that God offers people a second chance, as the apostles Peter and Paul could testify. The gardener tells the owner of the vineyard that it is necessary to give the fig tree another chance to produce fruit. This parable follows two […]
III Sunday of Lent – Cycle “Câ€, March 7, 2010 Read More »
As we enter the second week of Lent we hear the story of Jesus’ glorious transfiguration. It comes not long after Jesus has been telling the disciples that He is going to suffer and die, and that those who wish to be His disciples must let go of their own needs, take up their cross
II Sunday of Lent – Cycle “Câ€, February 28, 2010 Read More »
If in Christ we have been tempted, in him we overcome the devil. Do you think only of Christ’s temptations and fail to think of his victory? See yourself as tempted in him, and see yourself as victorious in him. He could have kept the devil from himself; but if we were not tempted he
St. Augustine from a Commentary on the Psalms Read More »
Today Jesus goes into the desert, but just before this St. Luke has given us an account of His baptism. Jesus goes into the desert to confront the temptations that Israel had faced. At the beginning of His public life He must defeat the forces that will test Him at the end of His life
I Sunday of Lent – Cycle “Câ€, February 21, 2010 Read More »
PALM SUNDAY, March 28th 11:00AM – The Liturgy starts Before Mass – Blessing and procession with Palms HOLY TUESDAY, March 30th 10:00AM – Clergy Conference of the Central Diocese in Scranton, PA and Holy Mass of Chrism (4:00pm) MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 1st 6:00PM – Holy Thursday Mass in Shenandoah. 7:30PM – Holy Thursday Mass in
Advance Schedule for Holy Week and Easter 2010 Read More »
Fr. Robert attended the Plymouth Seniorate Pastors meeting held on Monday, February 15, 2010 at St. John the Baptist PNCC in Hazleton, PA. Also in attendance were Fr. Pawel Filip, Fr. Czeslaw Kuliczkowski, Fr. Boguslaw Janiec, and Fr. Senior Thaddeus Dymkowski. Please continue to pray for the Parishes, people, and priests of our Seniorate.
Seniorate Pastors meeting Read More »
On first reading today’s Gospel, it might appear that Jesus was suggesting that poverty and all its consequences – hunger, sickness, infant mortality – could make people happy. Jesus was talking to people who had come to Him to be delivered from that type of wretchedness. They came because they wanted change in their world.
VI Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “Câ€, February 14, 2010 Read More »
The three readings in our liturgy today focus on three different people who come to believe. But before they come to faith, they all respond with fear, with hesitation, or with a deep sense of their own unworthiness. Yet they become convinced of the reality of the presence of God, and it’s a presence to
V Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “Câ€, February 5, 2010 Read More »
Today’s Gospel shows Jesus speaking an unpalatable truth to His listeners. Just like Jeremiah in the first reading, who had to tell people that they faced disaster, Jesus has to tell truths that no one wants to hear. At first, when He sticks to the text, and says nothing too challenging, they are happy to
IV Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “Câ€, January 31, 2010 Read More »
Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea, Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey). According to his Acta Sanctorum he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron carding combs, and beheaded. He is known as San Biagio in Italy, and San Blas in Spain. In iconography, Blaise is often shown with the instruments of his
February 3 – St. Blaise of Sebastea, Bishop & Martyr Read More »