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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
It’s Holy Thursday. The Gospel is proclaimed, the rest of the church sits down...except for me. I approach the ambo, hands shaking, praying to the Holy Spirit that He would give me the words that He wants me to speak to His people. These people that…
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
On Saturday, 4/29, POP will be celebrating First Communion. Congratulations to all our young people, and thank you so much to our parents and teachers and catechists who have prepared them. I happened to dig into some old keepsakes, and I found my…
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Christ is Risen! He is Risen, indeed!
About 8 years ago, I had the beautiful opportunity to visit the Divine Mercy Shrine during World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The presence of the Lord in that chapel was palpable…
Thursday, March 30, 2023
On this Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion and as we enter Holy Week, it is so good to reflect on the account of the crucifixion of Jesus and the words he spoke. Traditionally many reflect on the “Seven Last Words of Christ.” If you look between the…
Monday, March 20, 2023
We enter the fifth week of Lent, the last normal week of Lent. The following week will be Holy Week. It is time to get serious! This Sunday the intensity goes up a notch as we cover statues in the church. This is a meaningful tradition. As we draw…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
As I was reflecting on the readings for this week, I was struck by two words that seem to pervade the readings: light and sight. How important each of these are; as you cannot have one without the other. Without sight, one cannot see. Without light…
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
This Sunday, March 12th, the 3rd Sunday of Lent, we receive the gospel account of the woman at the well and her life-changing encounter with Jesus. Imagine just going for a bucket of water, but instead meeting Jesus, and everything changes! She even…
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
We are a week and half into Lent, how are your penances going? We begin and start off all gung-ho, we do really well for 4 or 5 days, and then we miss a day or two and we just decide to give up all hope.
When we examine the spiritual life, the evil…
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Brothers and Sisters, welcome to Lent. As we enter into this sacred season, we enter into a time of increase. We increase our prayer, we are mindful of the need to mortify ourselves through fasting, and we increase the charitable giving of our time…
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Lent begins this Wednesday, February 22. Lent is the liturgical season of (roughly) forty days that prepares us for the Easter Triduum—the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Lent is the primary…