Journeying Through Lent: Aligning Our Hearts with Christ
Pastoral Reflection Sts. Matthew and Luke offer more details about Jesus’ time in the desert, but St. Mark highlights that this moment...
God’s Simple Messengers: The Shepherds’ Lesson for Our Parish Community
Pastoral Reflection (based on the reading for mass at dawn) The shepherds mentioned in St. Luke’s Gospel were simple, humble people who...
The Call to Discipleship: Following Christ Without Hesitation
Call to action: When our parishioners, old or new, show an interest in engagement with the parish community we should act on it as quickly...
Guided by the Light: Preparing Our Hearts for the Journey of FaithPastoral Reflection
These few short weeks after the Epiphany and before Lent are a time of recognizing Christ as the light of the world. The light not only...
Rediscovering the True Meaning of Advent: Welcoming Christ in Every Moment
John the Baptist is in the desert, near to Jerusalem, proclaiming a baptism of forgiveness and announcing the coming of the Lord with great...
A Call to Hope and Connection
This Sunday marks the beginning of the new liturgical year (Happy New Year) and the start of Year “B” in the Sunday Lectionary cycle....
Embracing Unity: Overcoming Disunity with GiveCentral Tools
Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary! In these weeks after Pentecost and before Advent the Word of God as presented to us in the...
How God’s Love Inspires Us to Love Others in 2024 ?
The Most Holy Trinity is the reality about God’s own nature that has been revealed to us through Jesus and the teaching of the Apostles....
The Lord is my Shepherd : St. Matthew’s Gospel
Pope St. John XXIII was known to tell people that we had a “cheat sheet” for the final judgment; it is found in St. Matthew’s Gospel...