Information September's Mass for Men September 2, 2017 7:30am Bishop Jacobs' house 107 Albany Dr., Houma, La Fellowship afterwards Bring a friend. ...
“You created us for yourself and our heart is not quiet until it rests in you.” (St. Augustine) As we continue our day to day journey, we need to remember this statement. It reminds...
Homily 22nd Sunday of the Year A In the first reading from the Book of Jeremiah, the prophet acknowledges that what he thought God wanted of him was not so easy. He didn’t...
“When we call God our Father we ought also to act like sons and daughters. If we are pleased to call him Father, let him in turn be pleased to call us sons...
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on...
"Apart from the cross, there is no Christ, but apart from the cross, there can be no Christian either.” (Pope Francis) Just as the cross was central to the life and ministry of...
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” (St. Augustine) Sometimes the obvious truth is right in front of us. God sees, accepts and loves us as individuals....
"Our most painful suffering often comes from those who love us and those we love. The relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, teachers and students, pastors and parishioners...
"One thing we know for sure about our God: Our God is a God of the living, not of the dead. God is life. God is love. God is beauty. God is goodness....
“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.” (St. Rose of Lima) She understood the truth in Jesus’ words about the need to take up...
Reflections on the Scriptures Twenty-First Sunday Gospel A
By spiritaflame 11:47 AM Reading ReflectionsJesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi It is called Caesarea Philippi to distinguish it from the town of Caesrea in Samaria. The former town was originally called Paneas It was rebuilt...
“In this matter We do not wish to propose a new truth to be believed by Christians, since the title and the arguments on which Mary’s queenly dignity is based have already been...
"Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day." (St Pope Pius X) St Paul...
Thought of the Day August 18, 2017 Surrender to the will of God
By spiritaflame 11:40 AM Thought of the Day"They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will...
Information: August Mass for Women Saturday, August 19, 2017 Bishop's House 107 Albany Dr. Houma, La. 8:00am Fellowship afterwards Bring a friend. ...
"How can we stay in solitude when we feel that deep urge to be distracted by people and events? The most simple way is to focus our minds and hearts on a word...
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Gospel A At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Tyre and Sidon are cities on the Mediterranean Sea in non-Jewish or pagan territory. Jesus withdrew...
"That the virtue of humility consists in the knowledge of certain truths, I had already recognized. These truths are: that I am nothing, that I can do nothing but sin, that I depend...
The Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady is part of the mystery revealed by the Holy Spirit to the Church. In virtue of Mary's unique role as the Mother of Jesus, True...
Thought of the Day August 14, 2017 Response to indifference
By spiritaflame 10:00 AM Thought of the Day“The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.” (St. Maximilian Kolbe) He said this about seventy years ago and it is even more so true today. At the time he was dealing...
Thought of the Day August 11, 2017 Transforming power of love
By spiritaflame 9:47 AM Thought of the Day“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal...
"Often we speak about love as if it is a feeling. But if we wait for a feeling of love before loving, we may never learn to love well. The feeling of love...
“There is a state of resting in God, an absolute break from all intellectual activity, when one forms no plans, makes no decisions and for the first time really ceases to act, when...
Nineteen Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel Mt 14:22-33 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he...
“A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them or be enslaved to them. It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.” (St. Dominic)...
“Do not receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament so that you may use him as you judge best, but give yourself to him and let him receive you in this Sacrament, so that...
Information: Men's Monthly Mass August 4, 2017 Bishop Jacobs' House 107 Albany Dr. Houma, La 7:30am Bring a Friend. Fellowship afterwards ...
" Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection." (St. Benedict) What would happen if we...
Thought of the Day August 1, 2017 Living in the present moment.
By spiritaflame 10:59 AM Thought of the Day"The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good." (St Alphonsus Liguori) A simple truth which is hard to...
