Several years ago, the Los Angeles Times published an Op-Ed on secular family values, suggesting that children raised in non-religious homes are just as likely as their religious peers to develop “positive traits and virtues.”
Every person is created in the image and likeness of God and draws its value from this dignity.
I like to think of myself on the “good” side of Bible stories – as Moses, ever trusting God, or as Paul, sacrificing everything for the Gospel, or as one of Jesus’ devoted disciples.
With the upcoming feast on July 26 of St Joachim and Anne (grandparents of Jesus), it is a time to consider the call of grandparents to actively participate in the sharing of the faith with their grandchildren.
I was truly blessed to have received the education I had despite our colossal family of nine kids. Looking back at my life, I can genuinely say that the tradition of faith and Catholic education was the greatest and most valuable gift my parents ever gave me!
If you have ever been to the 7:00 am daily Mass here at Sacred Heart you have probably wondered what was going on. The Mass probably seemed a little different and everyone was reading prayers from a book with a lot of ribbons.
May the grace of God abound and lead us to living a fuller relationship with him each day! Indeed it is by the grace of God of which St. Paul reminds us that God gives us all we need and entrusts it to us as stewards to use and to share.
This Sunday’s readings tell of rejected prophets, first Ezekiel in the Old Testament, then Jesus in the Gospel.
In the ruckus-a-minute intensity of parenting young kids, where is there room for the Divine?
What a joyful transition to make on Pentecost Sunday to return to 100% capacity in our churches and to reopen our ministries at our church and school!
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1: Is 55:10-11 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 Reading 2: Rom 8:18-23 Gospel: Mt 13:1-23 There is a shorter version of the gospel that may be proclaimed this week, but I eliminated it above to save some space. Our...
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1: Zec 9:9-10 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14 Reading 2: Rom 8:9, 11-13 Gospel: Mt 11:25-30 Zechariah is one of the post-exilic prophets, meaning he received the prophetic call after the Babylonian Exile,...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19 Reading 2: Rom 6:3-4, 8-11 Gospel: Mt 10:37-42 Our first reading from 2nd Kings is an interesting story about the prophet Elisha and a Shunammite woman who...
Praise be Jesus Christ, now and forever. Praise be His most holy Name. All glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Glory and honor to Him, who is, who was, and always will be. Praise be to Him who bore our sufferings due to our sins. His mercy endures...
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1: Jer 20:10-13 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 Reading 2: Rom 5:12-15 Gospel: Mt 10:26-33 I think Jeremiah is the most fascinating of all the prophets as he lived during a very tumultuous time in Jerusalem. By the...
Reading 1: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Responsorial Psalm: Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Reading 2: 1 Cor 10:16-17 Gospel: Jn 6:51-58 This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi Sunday. It is the celebration of the...
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Reading 1: EX 34:4b-6, 8-9 Responsorial Psalm: Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 Reading 2: 2 Cor 13:11-13 Gospel: Jn 3:16-18 This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central...
Praise be Jesus Christ, now and forever! Praise to Him who was, is, and is to come. Praise the Risen and Living God. He is good and speaks to us! Thank You, Lord, for all thy benefits! Thank You for making Your Presence available to us, in Your Word, in Your Church,...
Pentecost Sunday Reading 1: Acts 2:1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 Reading 2: 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Gospel: Jn 20:19-23 This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost which marks the 50th day after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy...
The Ascension of the Lord Reading 1: Acts 1:1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Reading 2: Eph 1:17-23 Gospel: Mt 28:16-20 This Sunday, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. In the gospels, we actually have only two accounts of the Ascension; one in Mark...
