In the gospel today, Jesus gives us the blessing of serving the poor, hungry, and weeping people, for you will then rejoice and leap for joy. But Jesus also teaches us the decisiveness of choice: blessing or woe. Choosing to help those that are suffering will fill your heart with the blessing of Jesus and…
This week we discussed with our Faith Formation students the scripture background for the 5th Week in Ordinary Time. The Gospel shows how faith comes from listening. Jesus tells the crowds about His Father, then invites Simon Peter to put out his nets. Simon Peter reluctantly does so, pulls in an overwhelming catch, and becomes…
Hopefully your week was blessed. It’s hard to believe we’re already welcoming February 2022. I thought that we just started the New Year, January of this year is already gone. Hmm… time flies by, doesn’t it. Only one more month and we will begin Lent… just stop Father, that’s enough. Let’s focus on the moment, let’s focus on right now, because God…
St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Parish Lenten Fish Fry 2022 Good News! There will be a Lenten Fish Fry again in 2022. However, as we did in 2021, the event will be carryout only. Opening night will be Friday, March 4th and the Fish Fry will continue on Friday nights through Friday, April 8th. The fellowship and…
This week we will be discussing with our Faith Formation students the scripture background for the 4thWeek in Ordinary Time. Jesus fulfills the words of the prophet Isaiah. Though Jesus is not well received in his hometown. Like Jesus, young people face rejection, especially in their neighborhoods and classrooms. Our Gospel Weeklies program explores the…
Through discernment, prayer and witness, we become vessels of Christ’s light and love poured out into our communities in Southeast Michigan Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Mt 5:16) The life of a joyful missionary disciple is…
Hopefully you had a beautiful week. I’d like to start my reflection with a story from “the golf world.” Everybody knows Arnold Palmer. He played his last Master’s Tournament in 2002. Palmer, who won the Master’s in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964, had seen his game slip away with age and his stardom fade with the rise of Tiger Woods and Phil…