COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: We profess every Sunday “he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Kingdom will have no end.” This gives us a chance to organize our lives accordingly, to build our lives on the everlasting truth of Christ: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: In the Gospel, we see the generosity of the poor widow: She didn’t just share some of her abundance; she gave God what she had. The scribes considered that they were doing God a favor by serving him; the widow understood that God was the one doing the favors. That’s the…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: In the Gospel story, we see Bartimaeus throw aside his cloak, spring up, and turn to Jesus. Why did he need to throw aside his cloak? The cloak was among Bartimaeus’s few possessions, and his willingness to throw it aside before Jesus even healed him is a witness to his faith…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: In today’s Gospel James and John want glory, and Our Lord wants to show them the path they did not expect would achieve it: suffering for the sake of others. Our true glory comes from the degree to which we give ourselves to others, just like Our Lord. SERVING OTHERS: Come…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The Rich Young Man’s struggle with possessions touches each one of us….how can I be spiritually detached from things and focused on what God wants from me. PARISH FINANCES: How is our parish using our finances? What are our expectations of parishioners/visitors to…
A Month of Giving & Appreciation “Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will as reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 The month of October is dedicated to giving and appreciation. In the old…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: The slightest good deed done for God or for his Kingdom will not go unrewarded – even if it’s only giving a glass of water to someone who is thirsty. God is pure goodness, pure generosity. There is no evil, no selfishness, no miserliness or envy in the heart of God….
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all” Mk 9:35 Greatness in Christ’s Kingdom is equated with humility, an attitude of the heart that puts the good of others ahead of one’s own preferences: it’s self-giving, not self-getting. He doesn’t say to his apostles, “Don’t…
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: A letter by St Boniface The careful shepherd watches over Christ’s flock. In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course….
COMING CLOSER TO CHRIST: Jesus tells us at the Last Supper: “Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid” (John 14:27). He doesn’t say, “Don’t worry when your hearts are troubled,” No — he actually tells us: “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” He knows that we live in a fallen world and…
