This weekend Jesus invites us to prayer school. We all need this. He teaches us today two attitudes that should form the background of every Christian’s prayer. One is persistence and the other is confidence. Since we are imperfect and live in an imperfect world, we sometimes project our own imperfections onto God. We think…
Heavenly Father, Lord of the Harvest, call forth vocations to the priesthood from our archdiocese and families. Jesus, Eternal High Priest, give us men willing to sacrifice and serve. Make their hearts after your own Sacred Heart. Holy Spirit, Everlasting Love between the Father and Son, strengthen, inspire, and set men on fire with divine…
St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God’s mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but we do know she was pre- sent with Christ during his public ministry, death and resurrection. She is mentioned at least a dozen…
In our families and homes, we have boundaries. Some are geographical; we may have our own room or part of a room that we want others to stay out of. Parents may have home offices that are off-limits to children. Some boundaries are behavioral; children may speak one way to their friends, but they are…
Welcome to the XVI Sunday of Ordinary Time. The central themes of today’s readings are the importance of hospitality in Chris- tian life and the necessity of listening to God before acting. The key to the Christian life is setting priorities: Jesus Christ first, then everything else. The only way to really learn that lesson…
The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier. According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel. This is…
We ended our VBS Food Truck Party “On a Roll with God” with a delicious lunch from Keaik’s Food Truck! The food was amazing! I want to thank all of our adult volunteers; Loretta Gelhaus, Jan Belleperche, Suezane Canfield, Linda Morasso, Karen Bonanno, Rick Fanco and Tori Holliday, and our middle school/teen volunteers; Ava, Gino,…