Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
Part of our definition as Christians is to be evangelizers: to spread the good news of Jesus Christ and the salvation he has won for us. The first question that comes to my mind is: How am I supposed to do this?
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time • Year C
Our challenge is to make Jesus of Nazareth’s lifestyle our own, to be identified more fully with Jesus and have others know and love him through us. Our commitment is to reach out and willingly assume the cause of the outcasts, the downtrodden, the excluded, and make it our own.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity • Year C
We use the analogy of blood to describe devotion, dedication and sacrifice. It is evident in our very vocabulary – to speak of our “sweat and blood” is to say we give our very life, our very essence, to something. In the Eucharist God gives God’s Divine Self to us.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity • Year C
The Feast of the Holy Trinity we celebrate today is total mystery and is not clearly explained in the Bible. Our belief has been coined by the early Church based on data from the Sacred Scriptures. Jesus prayed to the Father and promised to send the Holy Spirit; thus revealing the Trinitarian mystery.
Dedication & Blessing of Memorial Bench in Honor of Fr. Brian Lowery, O.S.A.
A memorial Bench was created to honor the memory of Fr. Brian Lowery, O.S.A. The dedication and blessing of this event took place in San Gimignano, Italy.
Pentecost Sunday • Year C
These wounds are a gift because they help us realize we have been loved and they we are called to love again. Let us follow the example of our Savior and give the Spirit of love to those in need. By our wounds, we and others are healed.
Seventh Sunday of Easter • Year C
As members of the Body of Christ and with the Gift of the Holy Spirit, we are all called to be Jesus’ witnesses or spiritual martyrs. Just as St. Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirt, so are you!
> Read & Share Your Fr. Bill Memories
Michele Louden We would like to give thanks and praise to Father Bill Atkinson. As you know, Father Bill had his toboggan accident on 2/22/65. 57 years later, to the day, on 2/22/22 our son, Andrew was diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer that spread throughout his body. Soon after that date, a family member […]
Sixth Sunday of Easter • Year C
Without remembrance, it’s easy to lose focus on the journey toward the great, high city. The vision becomes dull. Love of self takes over. But then the Spirit reminds of Christ’s love, and we are once again impelled to join the community of believers on the way to the Father.
Fifth Sunday of Easter • Year C
Whether you make it a command or make it a threat, the problem remains: how can you order someone to love? Jesus says we must, so it has to be possible. But how?