My prayer for each of you this New Year 2018 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU! MAY THE LORD LET HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU, AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU! MAY...
Prayer for the New Year On New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, the household gathers at the table or at the Christmas tree or manger scene. Many people make New Year’s Day...
“For the Bible the most important thing is not, as it was for Greek philosophers, that God be loved, but that God ‘loves’ and loved first (cf. 1 John 4:10, 19). God willed...
Pope Francis: "That’s why at Christmas they exchange gifts. The true gift for us is Jesus, and like him we want to be a gift for others. And since we want to be...
Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family Year B Reading 1: The author of the Book of Sirach builds upon the Fourth Commandment of God: Honor your father and mother. The basis...
"In effect, the message of Jesus is discomforting, and discomforts us, because it challenges the worldly religious power and provokes consciences. After His coming, it is necessary for us to convert, to change...
"Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man. You...
CHRISTMAS IS A GIFT OF LOVE AND THAT LOVE IS A PERSON, JESUS. CHRISTMAS IS A RESPONSE TO THAT LOVE, AND THAT RESPONSE IS OUR SELF-GIFT TO GOD. THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR BOTH!...
"In our time, what is lacking is not so much the courage to ask this question as the courage to expect an answer…We may at times be able to show the world Christ...
Homily Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B Reading 1: Did you ever had a good or even a great idea but found out it wasn’t God’s plan for you? This happened to King...
St. Bernard: "In the first coming Jesus was seen on earth, dwelling among men; he himself testifies that they saw him and hated him. In the final coming all flesh will see the salvation...
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Gospel B The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of...
Pope Francis: “Joy, prayer and gratitude are three attitudes that prepare us to live Christmas in an authentic way.” Joy is a result of an expectation of the coming of Jesus in a...
Advent is a time of preparation for the joyful meaning of Christmas: the birth of Jesus the Christ, our Savior. What is joy? “Joy is prayer -- joy is strength -- joy is...
Christmas Novena Prayers Opening Prayer O Lord, Word of God, You, whose glory is complete, came to us in perfect humility as a child in the womb. Your love for us and humility...
Pope Francis during this Advent season has been reflecting on the theme of hope. He reminds us that “because God, with His love, journeys with us, He does not leave us alone, and...
The more we fall in love with God the more we want to get rid of all sin in our lives, especially the habitual sins. That doesn't say we will never sin again,...
Homily for Third Sunday of Advent Year B Reading 1: There are two parts to this prophetic word from Isaiah. The first part we are familiar with. It is a reference concerning the...
Sometimes we are not ready to give up a sin. We say to the Lord what St. Augustine said to him: "Soon, Lord, but not now." We are afraid that we can't live...
Third Sunday of Advent: Gospel B A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not...
When we are looking at the roots of sin, we are talking about the grace of healing of memories. A person may be struggling with anger not as an occasional sin but as...
Dealing with the roots of sin. 1. There must be a sincere desire to recognize sin as sin and to have a horror of sin, to see sin as God sees sin. Without...
Information Women's December Mass Saturday, December 9, 2017 Bishop's House 107 Albany Dr. Houma, La. Bring a friend. Fellowship afterwards. ...
Dom Gueranger writes, "This truth of Mary's Immaculate Conception—which was revealed to the Apostles by the Divine Son of Mary, inherited by the Church, taught by the holy fathers, believed by each generation...
Homily Second Sunday of Advent Year B Reading 1: The prophetic words of Isaiah are spoken to the Jewish exiles in Babylon and to the remnant left in Jerusalem. To the former, Isaiah...
The purpose of each of these oases of deep spiritual springs in the desert journey is to enable us to confront sin in our lives. It is only when we are ready to...
Second Sunday of Advent: Gospel B The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. From the beginning Mark summarizes his whole gospel with these titles: Jesus is the "Christ"...
One of the oasis which seems the strangest in our journey is the one where God reminds us that we must learn to live in the present moment and not in the past...
For the Israelites the Mount of Sinai was another oasis. Here God called the people to enter into a new covenant with him, a covenant-life based on the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments. These...
Prayers for Lighting the Advent Wreath Candles by William G. Storey First Week All-powerful God, increase our strength of will for doing good that Christ may find an eager welcome at his coming...
As a way of helping us confront sin, God leads us to a number of oases during our journey, places where we find deep springs. These are not meant to be final resting...
Information Men's December Mass Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:30am Women's December Mass Saturday, December 9, 2017 8:00am Bishop's House 107 Albany Dr. Houma, La, 70360 Bring a friend. Fellowship afterwards. ...
But even though God revealed once more his power over their enemies, the Israelites soon forgot these signs and continued to complain and grumble, to long for their past way of life, to...
Homily: First Sunday of Advent Year B First Reading: The prophet Isaiah opens his prophetic word by acknowledging God as “our Father and redeemer” and ends with “you are our Father; we are...
Like the Israelites, we have experienced personally some salvific moments in which God revealed his power, his mercy, his love, his freedom, his life to us. Whether the signs and wonders were as...
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT: GOSPEL YEAR B Jesus said to his disciples "Be watchful! Be alert! During Jesus’ time a Roman soldier could face execution if he fell asleep during guard duty...
While the feeling of aloneness and abandonment seem to grow stronger, faith continues to reassure us that God never abandons us. Faith tells us that somehow all of this is part of God's...
