The theological virtues of faith, hope and love are purely a gift of God. They are intended not just to sanctify us, but to equip us to help sanctify the world. The gift of faith helps us believe what God reveals about the divine nature. The gift of hope gives us a real trust in […]
IV Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– February 3, 2013 Read More »
It is a moment of ordinary routine that we hear Jesus’ great proclamation of good news in today’s Gospel. He is attending the synagouge on the sabbath, “as He usually did.†As He looks out at that familiar community, He knows the message that must be proclaimed: a prophetic message, of liberty to prisoners and
III Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 27, 2013 Read More »
The changing of water into wine, the beginning of the hour teaches us about sacrifice. Those marriages that seek the Lord as their center are seeking to love as He loved, to love with a sacrificial love. The husband must put his wife before himself. The wife must put he husband before herself. The needs
II Sunday in Ordinary Time – “C†– January 20, 2013 Read More »
This feast of Christ’s baptism is a good opportunity to reflect on our own baptism. Do we sometimes behave as though we have remained with Jesus in the manger, allowing our faith to remain childish? Or have we let it grow into an adult, which is ready to make a deeper commitment as Jesus did
Baptism of our Lord – “C†– January 13, 2013 Read More »
In a sense, the Epiphany might be called the “big reveal†of the Christmas story. Isaiah and psalmist looks forward to the day when the glory of the Lord will shine over God’s people, so that foreign nations will be drawn to the light of Israel’s God, and Israel’s exiles will be carried home. The
Epiphany of our Lord – “C†– January 6, 2013 Read More »
The glory of the Lord didn’t continue to shine around the shepherds. The angels didn’t stick around to fight on the side of the newborn king. The glory and the angels disappeared and Luke focuses on the men. The angels didn’t praise God because of what the Savior’s birth meant for them. Rather, they rejoice
Solemnity of the Humble Shepherds – “C†– December 30, 2012 Read More »
Monday, December 24th – Vigil of the Nativity (Christmas Eve) 8:00PM – Holy Mass of the Shepherds, and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament; intention: for all Parishioners & Friends. Tuesday, December 25th – Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas) 9:30AM – Holy Mass, intention: for Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Petrusky, and their family (God’s blessing).
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Today we see in the Gospel God’s respect and love for what is small. Mary and Elizabeth were two undistinguished women, living in a couple of villages in an unfashionable province of the Roman Empire. In the eyes of their world they counted for nothing. And yet God entered into their lives in a way
Fourth Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 23, 2012 Read More »
This Sunday is traditionally called “Gaudete†Sunday from the Latin word for “rejoiceâ€, which is the first word of the entrance antiphon in the liturgy. It calls us to “Rejoice in the Lord always.†There is no implication that we are only to rejoice when we are feeling good or when we are is a
Third Sunday of Advent – “C†– December 16, 2012 Read More »