Giving Our Suffering As Sacrifice
Why is there suffering in this world? The answer to this is much more complicated than most of us can comprehend, let alone answer in a weekly bulletin article. But we definitely all have known suffering, in some way. It is a reality for every person, day in and day [...]
The Heart of Lent
Last weekend, during all the masses, our choir lead us in a beautiful praise & worship song called “The Heart of Worship” by Matt Redman. In that song, we are called to make sure that when we come to worship our God, that we are focused on Him and not [...]
Finding Happiness in Our Lenten Journey
There is something tremendously appealing about the season of Lent. This may seem counter-intuitive to some of us. We can ask ourselves why it is we find such happiness in a stretch of time that invites us to take a hard look at what in our lives keeps us from [...]
Lenten Series with Fr. Steven
Audio Recordings Part 1 – Reconciliation When Jesus appeared to His disciples after the Resurrection they were utterly amazed, filled with new excitement and enthusiasm. With Jesus, risen victorious from the dead, a New Dawn was breaking upon the world. This New Dawn would arise from numerous hearts in the [...]
Deepening Our Relationship with God During Lent
I had a conversation a while back with a friend, who is Christian but not Catholic, proclaim to me that the Catholic Faith was not biblically based. This person went on to say that many Christians base their Sunday services on a particular passage from the Bible and that many [...]
The Great Gift of God’s Mercy
My dear friends, Lent is a Season of Mercy; a time to experience anew the merciful love of God in the places where we feel weak; and at the moments when we fall or struggle with temptation. It is at such moments when we need God more than ever. This [...]
Tuna Fish, Chocolate and Pennies: The Meaning of Lent
I have few memories of Lent as a child, but there are a couple things I will always associate with this particular season: tuna fish hot dish, no chocolate and digging through my piggy bank. I know I didn’t understand what tuna fish, chocolate and pennies had to do with [...]
“Rend your hearts, not your garments”
This week, of course, we embark on the arduous journey of Lent. It is truly the most difficult discipline that is still widely and popularly exercised among the Church. As a point of clarity, Lenten moderations of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving are not meant to be exclusive to the liturgical [...]
Beauty in Our Church
We should be so proud of our parish! For the first time in a long time, our parish budget is in the black. Our parishioners have supported their parish community with financial gifts, giving us the ability to put more back into our many events and ministries. But regardless of [...]
The Beauty of the Eucharist
My dear friends, If we step back and take a ‘birds-eye-view’ of the Gospels, we see that all is centered around Jesus Christ and his encounters with various individuals and groups of people. And in each of these encounters is a noticeable pattern: every time someone approaches Jesus with a [...]
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