INFORMATION DECEMBER MASSES FOR MEN DECEMBER 8, 2018 7:30 AM FOR WOMEN DECEMBER 15, 2018 8:00 AM BISHOP'S HOUSE BRING A FRIEND FELLOWSHIP AFTERWARDS : ...
ADVENT Week I: Jesus came at a specific time in history Day 1: “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law…”...
The Eucharist is a sacrifice! In the Eucharist, Christ makes present to us anew the sacrifice offered once for all on Golgotha. “In instituting it, he did not merely say: “This is my...
The Eucharist is a meal! A paschal banquet. It was in the context of the Passover meal that the Eucharist was instituted. The elements of the Eucharist are meal elements: bread and wine;...
Novena to the Immaculate Conception November 29 and ending on December 7 Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of...
Homily First Sunday of Advent Year C Reading 1: The prophet Jeremiah speaks a word of hope and anticipated joy to a people in desolation. The people of Israel have been exiled from...
The Eucharist is a mystery of light! In Jesus’ encounter of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, he first broke open the revealed word about the Messiah and then he revealed...
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Advent Wreath) The First Candle is purple...it is the candle of prophesy: it symbolizes hope and expectation. It reminds us of the 400 years of silence that Israel endured...
First Sunday of Advent Gospel Reflections C Jesus said to his disciples: · Jesus is prophesizing about his Second Coming. At the end and beginning of the Liturgical season the Church helps us...
The Eucharist is a mystery of faith! It is a mystery which surpasses our understanding and can only be received in faith. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith! Reflect on John 6...
What does the Catholic Church Stand for? The easiest way to answer this question is to say it stands for the truth revealed by God under the guidance of the Holy Spirit both...
To choose to accept the freedom which comes from God and to act on that freedom demands risking. To laugh is to risk appearing the fool To weep is to risk appearing sentimental...
. Jesus sets us free by this death on the cross. a) freedom to know the truth: God; God’s love; God’s plan for us; our own self-worth and purpose in life;...
Homily Solemnity of Christ the King Year B Reading 1: Daniel in a vision sees what is to take place centuries after him. In effect, Daniel sees One like the Son of Man...
Jesus has given us freedom from sin and its consequences. Revelation 1:5-6 "Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who...
Jesus through his death and resurrection freed us from sin because he loves us so much. As Paul tells us he didn’t lay down his life when we were friends and deserving of...
ARE MORMONS CHRISTIANS? From the perspective of Mormons, they profess not only to be...
What are we looking for? What is the desire in the deep recess of our being? What do we want as we see the different chains, shackling us in the darkness of a...
The ransom has been paid! That’s the reality! That’s the truth! That’s the Good News! “For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race, Christ...
INFORMATION: CORRECTION WOMEN'S NOVEMBER MASS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 8:00 AM BISHOP'S HOUSE BRING A FRIEND FELLOWSHIP AFTERWARDS ...
Someone had an image of four birds in a large enclosure, like in a bird sanctuary. Two are flying from one side to the other seemingly trying to get free of the enclosure....
Homily: Thirty-third Sunday Year B Reading 1: There has always been an interest in the end times. The Old Testament reading from the Book of Daniel written over 2000 years ago reflects on...
It is said that demons were sent to win souls away from God. One by one they were questioned by the demon-in-chief on the strategy each would use. One said that he would...
Thirty-Third Sunday Ordinary Gospel Reflections B · As we come to the end of the Liturgical Year, the Church begins to reflect on the end-times statements of Jesus in the Gospel, of which...
Each of us in our own life can easily relate to this petition: “Deliver us from evil”. We may have many areas of spiritual bondage which may have occurred over the years, some...
The temptation in the desert was not the only test of Jesus in his humanity. The scriptures conclude this section by saying as a matter of reality “(The tempter) departed from him for...
Jesus confronted the temptations of the evil one in his own humanity. We know the sequence of events well. Jesus, in his humanity, came to the realization of his dignity, his destiny and...
The reality of evil is seen as prevalent throughout the OT and the NT. It was part and parcel of the journey of the chosen people, who struggled with their relationship with Yahweh,...
Homily Thirty-second Sunday Year B Reading 1: Elijah has prophesied earlier that God would cause a drought over Israel for three years because of the sins of the leaders and people. The prophet...
