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Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Siblings are both a blessing and a challenge! Sometimes we have great relationships with them either naturally or after working at it over years. Other times it is like - how in the world did we come from the same home because we could not be more different! God...

Come Away

A Reflection on the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 18th, 2021  Reading I: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Responsorial Psalm: 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Reading II: Ephesians 2:13-18 Gospel: Mark 6:30-34 In next Sunday's Gospel, we are presented with the gathering of the Apostles...

A Mom’s Letter

Dear Ones, I woke up this morning with you all on my mind. I love your little family so much and feel I need to share what’s in my heart. I don’t write letters much anymore, but I wanted to reach out and share my experiences of Catholic education in the hopes you...

Witness of Purity and Forgiveness

Innumerable are the values, morals and lessons that a parent must teach their children to raise them into mature, responsible and active Catholic adults. At the heart of all the teaching, the three most important foundations are that of love, faith and forgiveness....

The Three S’s

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS The Three S’s - Shame, Secrets and Silence Shame - the concept we are flawed is connected to the feeling that we are unworthy and unlovable. Secrets - the practice of hiding something so others are not allowed awareness into a reality. Silence -...

Kerygma – Proclaiming the Gospel Message

A Reflection on the Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 11, 2021 Reading I: Amos 7:12-15 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 Reading II: Ephesians 1:3-14 or 1:3-10 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13 As Catholics, we are called daily to make a...

The Mass & The Liturgy of the Hours: The Work of God

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. Well, I am here with answers!  Here at...

The Call of Discipleship

Dear Brothers and Sisters, 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. But...

Rejecting Prophets

A Reflection on the Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July  4, 2021 Reading I: Ezekiel 2:2-5 Responsorial Psalm: 123:1-2, 2, 3-4 Reading II: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Gospel: Mark 6:1-6 This Sunday's readings tell of rejected prophets, first Ezekiel in...

Parenting Lessons from St. Josemaría

In the ruckus-a-minute intensity of parenting young kids, where is there room for the Divine? Surely God has more important places to be than my kitchen in Conroe, Texas, convincing my 3-year-old to wear pants. If I were God, I'd desire a quiet church over my loud...

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