Our Annual Stewardship Renewal
Fall has always been my favorite time of year. I love that the air is cooler and less humid, the trees are at their most glorious colors and apples are ready to be picked. I also love that everything seems to get back into a routine. The daily activities have [...]
Getting In Touch With God
Let me be honest; I love the scriptures we hear this week. I have no trouble admitting that my own interest in the spiritual walk is centered on the interior life, and on the living, vibrant interface with God through prayer and worship. For others, the experience of faith is more [...]
St. Paul Exhorts Us to Find Joy in Our Suffering
This weekend, we hear part of a letter Paul has written from a prison cell. Paul’s message to the Philippians has a very specific message of unity, the emergence of joy from suffering, and the defining characteristics of leadership modeled on that of Christ. Paul emphasizes the significance of suffering [...]
Modeling Our Christian Faith
In today’s second reading, St. Paul tells the Romans that “Love is the fulfillment of the law” – a very simple and beautiful statement. Please notice that I said “simple”, I did not say “easy”. We frequently use the word “love” in our everyday lives for everything from how we [...]
Recap of Workcamp 2014
Earlier this summer, I promised a summary of our Workcamp trip for 2014 would come later. Well, it’s time . . . On Thursday night July 23rd, it began: a round trip journey of almost 3,000 miles for 21 teenagers and 4 adults from St. Peter’s. Workcamp 2014 began slowly, [...]
Enriching Our Life of Faith
FAITH. That is the word I would use to summarize the Gospel readings for the two weeks covered by this bulletin as well as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Faith as described by the dictionary is a confidence or trust in a person, thing, deity, view or in [...]
Our Part in the Miracle
In our readings of these few weeks, we hear many miracle accounts, stories that remind of us just who Jesus really is. The story of the “loaves and fishes” is no exception. Straight forward enough, Matthew tells us of the feeding of the five thousand and we are once again [...]
Praying for Guidance During Tumult
While we know this season by the unfortunate phrase, “Ordinary Time,” the Gospels offer us anything but an ordinary glimpse of Christ’s relationship with his disciples. If only we had the wisdom to perceive and seize the opportunity this “ordinary” season affords us. These two weeks include not only parables, [...]
Relying on God in Times of Change
Last weekend the parishioners of St Peter’s were informed of the departure of Fr. Gallatin. While it is nice to finally have an answer after many months of waiting, we are still in a time of transition. It is another time of change here in the parish. When our new priest [...]
Are We Really Evangelists?
I wasn’t always such an enthusiastic Catholic. Like so many others, despite my parents’ (and grandparents’) commitment to making sure I received the sacraments and attended my catechism classes, my teenage and young adult doubts and, to some extent, angst, caused me to step away from my faith for a [...]
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