Hello Families! In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us to be a light to the world, and candles remind us of the light of Jesus. What strikes you about Jesus’ teaching today? In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about salt that is useful and salt that is useless. Salt is being compared to discipleship. When is a…
You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world… This Sunday Jesus encourages us to live our short lives as traces of salt and candles of light. It only takes a sprinkling of salt to transform a dull and tasteless piece of meat. Just a little salt transforms everything. Just…
Our upcoming parish fish fry will soon be upon us, with the first Fish Fry dinner on Friday, February 24th, continuing through March 31st. In recognition of the solemnity of the day, and to allow all our helpers to participate in Good Friday services, we do not offer the fish fry dinner on Good Friday.…
The popular St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Lenten Fish Fry Dinners ae returning to dine-in for 2023! The help of each parishioner and parish organization member is needed to make this event a success. Please look at your calendar and pencil in the times you and your family are available to volunteer. Are you available to volunteer…
Hello Families, Today’s Gospel offers a contrast to many of the messages we hear in our society today. If we were to accept uncritically the “get ahead” messages of our culture, we would think that happiness means having money, being successful, having many possessions, and so on. When we think this way, we are not…
Today’s readings define our Christian goal of eternal happiness and explain the attitudes and actions necessary to reach it. In the Beatitudes, Jesus outlines the values and attitudes needed to enter and enjoy God’s kingdom: poverty of spirit, hunger and thirst for justice, compassion, meekness, mercy, integrity, peace-making, and the willingness to suffer persecution for…
Hello Families, in today’s Gospel, Jesus begins to preach in Galilee and calls His first disciples. The Gospel tells us little about the background of these fishermen, their work, and their families. In today’s Gospel, we are simply told that James and John left their father, Zebedee, in the boat and followed Jesus. Some details…