“Could you not watch one hour with me?” –Mark 14:37 Signup sheets are in the gathering area for you to commit to praying for one hour a week on Fridays during Lent. All day Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament begins every Friday, March 4thuntil April 8th. We are looking for at least 2 adorers for…
Preparing for this Sunday’s gospel, our students discussed the several sayings of Jesus that have vivid word pictures. The blind cannot lead the blind without falling in a ditch. We shouldn’t focus on the splinter in our brother’s eye when we have log in our own. A good tree produces good fruit. They are easy…
A few weeks ago, after we finished an interview with our candidates for confirmation, I asked them for some ideas for the title of my article in the bulletin. And of course, I promised that whoever wins the competition will be rewarded accordingly. They came up with such great ideas, but the winner must be…
This week in class, our Faith Formation students talked about the Golden Rule in today’s Gospel: treat others the way you want to be treated. Jesus asks us to love our enemies and to do good to those who treat us badly. Loving our enemies and following other teachings of Jesus helps us live as…
Hope your week was blessed. Jesus’ teaching for this Sunday is not an easy one. But what part of His teaching is easy? On July 6, 2015, a man opened fire at an African American church in Charleston, North Carolina and shot nine people. On February 2,2016, Immaculee Ilibagiza was invited to the same church…
The Annual Lenten Fish Fry Dinners will continue again this year with a carry–out only menu. The help of each parishioner and parish organization member is needed to make this event a success. Please take a moment to choose a date and time to lend a helping hand –your efforts are sincerely appreciated. Are you…
The evangelist Luke has a bias for the poor that shows in today’s Gospel. When Jesus teaches the Beatitudes in Matthew’s Gospel, He says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”. Luke takes out the phrase “in spirit”. Throughout his Gospel, Luke calls attention to the materially poor–the ones…