Bringing life to dry bones
Today’s first reading is from Ekeziel 37 where the valley of dry bones is brought back to life by the preaching of Ekeziel. “So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied,…
Today’s first reading is from Ekeziel 37 where the valley of dry bones is brought back to life by the preaching of Ekeziel. “So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied,…
Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence, a deacon who was martyred in the mid-200’s of our early Church. We know him best for being broiled to death and having been on the coals for…
Congratulations to Olivia Victoria Wildanger, Sofia F. Monaco and Isabelle Taylor who came in First, Second and Third in our Year of Mercy Badge Contest! Each winner gets a $25 gift certificate from Behold Publications….
Today’s reading of the forgetful servant always makes me laugh – out of second-hand embarrassment. The servant leaving his master, having just been released from a true debt roughs up another servant up even having…
Leap Day is almost like a free day – an unexpected day that comes only once every 4 years. What would you do if you had an absolutely free day with no responsibilities or expectations?…
Today is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. No, we are not celebrating furniture so much as honoring Peter’s declaration before the other apostles that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the…
I’ve been thinking of quite a bit about bread lately. With a few friends who themselves or their children have celiac disease and others who are throwing bread to the curb due to carb and…
It is coming tomorrow – Ash Wednesday – no avoiding it. At Mass today, Fr. Jim focused his homily on cleaning house. Using today’s gospel he reminded us that we all need to be careful we aren’t…
I awoke this morning and just knew I had to share this with all of you – While we usually think of Easter being the time to clean house, I suggest use Lent and clean…
Or Candlemas or Pancake Day or or Groundhog Day or just Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Today in the gospel we read of Mary and Joseph presenting Jesus at the temple. They meet Simeon and Anna,…