Hello Families, As a family, talk about some of your times of highs and lows. How have you been able to use the good times and experiences to sustain you in the difficult ones? Jesus’ Transfiguration may have been an event from which Peter, James, and John drew courage when they faced the difficult events…
GROW AS A DISCIPLE What struck me when I first read this passage from the Book of Genesis, in which the Lord speaks to Abraham, is God’s proclamation that it is through his will and his work that the blessings and goodness of Abraham’s future will come about. It is not a vague statement, in…
Fasting, Explained The practice of fasting predates Christianity. The Old Testament is full of examples of righteous men and women mortifying their flesh for the purpose of making atonement or simply to grow closer to God. Jesus himself fasted for forty days and forty nights in preparation for the beginning of his public ministry, and…
Hello Families, We had our Family Activity Night last Wednesday. We began our Lenten project to display at Church. We began our evening with a meal together and ended with 7 pm Mass. It was a lovely evening! When Jesus resists the temptations presented to him by the devil, he draws on his religious upbringing…
GROW AS A DISCIPLE Although we’re at the very beginning of Lent, today’s first reading from Genesis prepares us for words we will hear on the night of the Easter Vigil: “O truly necessary sin of Adam, destroyed completely by the Death of Christ! 0 happy fault that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer!”…
Hello Families, The students are beginning their preparation for Lent. Please join us for our Family Activity Night on Wednesday February 18th (Ash Wednesday) at 5:45 pm for a cheese pizza dinner, Lenten activity, and Mass at 7 pm. The season of Lent presents families with an opportunity to examine our family life and to…
GROW AS A DISCIPLE In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that “unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” In Matthew 23:3-5, Jesus says, “Do and observe all things whatsoever [the scribes and Pharisees] tell you, but do not follow their example. For they…