Funeral Hospitality This ministry offers the caring presence of our community by providing a meal for family and friends following the Funeral Liturgy of a loved one. If you would…
Why don’t we receive communion immediately after consecration? The easiest (and hopefully most useful) way to answer this question is simply to speak of our preparation for Holy Communion. While the…
In honor of all Saints day, I wanted to take a minute and profile one our favorite saints. Saint Augustine. He was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher…
Reading for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 KGS 17:10-16 In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance of the city,…
I think scripture is one of the best gifts God has given to us to make sense of this world. Starting in the 80’s, with the introduction of the tape…
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 DT 6:2-6 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “Fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes…
O heavenly Father, who hast filled the world with beauty: Open our eyes to behold thy gracious hand in all thy works; that, rejoicing in thy whole creation, we may…
Have you ever noticed that priests and deacons wear different colors of vestments? The liturgical calendar is the calendar used by the church. It consists of the cycle of liturgical…
Last week, at Mass I debuted some of my “spectacular” dance moves. I noticed many of you laughing with me as I attempted to moonwalk to My Girl by the…
St. Thomas More Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest. Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it. Grant me a…
