REFLECTION The Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time August 1-2, 2020 We do miss hugs. Even those among us who are not ‘huggers’, have had those cherished moments when we have […]
From the Deacon’s Desk 8/2/2020
Dear Friends, In our reading from Isaiah today we hear the prophet telling the people to come to the Lord. All those who are thirsty, who are hungry, and need […]
Weekly Reflection 7/26/2020
WEEKLY REFLECTION FOR 7-26-2020 What would you wish for? In today’s first reading, God appears to Solomon in a dream and tells Solomon to ask God for something. Solomon […]
From the Deacon’s Desk 7/26/2020
Dear Friends: Today’s Gospel is once again from Matthew 13: 44-52. Jesus uses two parables today to explain the immense worth of the kingdom of heaven. Jesus is trying to […]
From the Deacon’s Desk 7/19/2020
Dear Friends: Today I would like to draw your attention to the second reading. It’s a reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans 8:26-27. As you can […]
Weekly Reflection 7/19/2020
REFLECTION July 18-19, 2020 16th Sunday In Ordinary Time What I Have Missed About Mass During quarantine–closer to the beginning but far enough in that everyone was beginning to […]
From the Deacon’s Desk 7/12/2020
Dear Friends: Today we hear from the Gospel of Matthew 13: 1-23. It’s a rather lengthy Gospel and there are numerous messages in it. The first challenge we hear is […]
Weekly Reflection 7/12/2020
Understanding the Word of God July 11-12, 2020 Mark Twain once said “It is not those passages of scripture I do not understand that bother me, but those that I […]
Weekly Reflection 7/5/2020
REFLECTION The Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time July 4-5, 2020 This weekend, as a nation, we celebrate the day we officially declared our independence from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson, […]
From the Deacon’s Desk 7/5/2020
Dear Friends: Today our Gospel reading is from Matthew 11: 25-30. It’s only five verses long, but the message here is very strong. The Gospel opens with Jesus giving praise […]