End Dwellers
Friday, April 30th, 2010 Posted in Catholic Awesomeness! | 3 Comments »Mass begins in three minutes. You open the doors of the narthex and are relieved to see that Father and the altar servers haven't yet made their way out. Phew! You breathe a sigh of relief and ...
Do Not Let Your Hearts be Troubled
Friday, April 30th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In the first reading from Acts 13 today, Paul continues his message of salvation through Jesus in the temple at Antioch. In the Gospel reading today, we're in John 14, at the Last Supper. Jesus tells the Apostles, "Where I ...
The Crucifix
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Catholic Awesomeness! | No Comments »You walk into most any Catholic Church, and there you see it. Hanging above and behind the altar. Some churches have very graphic depictions. Head, hands, feet and side all oozing blood. A crown of thorns around ...
Receiving Jesus
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »We read the writings of St. Paul often. Can you imagine what it must have been like to hear him speak? I conjure up images of Paul as a passionate orator, able to convince people that he was speaking the ...
Set Apart
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In our first reading today from Acts, we see Barnabas and Saul being “set apart” by the Holy Spirit and sent out to proclaim the Word of God. In the Gospel reading today from John 12, Jesus says, “I came ...
Coffee and Donuts
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Catholic Awesomeness! | No Comments »I know, I know...this is not something that is peculiarly Catholic. I think that most every Church has coffee and donuts. But that doesn't make it any less awesome! Let me start out with a confession. I typically go ...
Christians
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »In our Gospel reading today from John 10, Jesus says of His sheep, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand." This is a verse that is used as ...
The Sprinkling Rite
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Catholic Awesomeness! | 2 Comments »Each Sunday during the Easter season, we do what is called the Rite of Sprinkling. This happens at the beginning of Mass. The priest blesses the Holy Water in the font, then walks through the whole church ...
Catholic Awesomeness!
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Catholic Awesomeness! | 28 Comments »It's awesome to be Catholic! There are so many wonderful things about being Catholic. Little things that we may take for granted are actually big blessings in our lives. So I thought I would start to share some of my ...
Hindering God
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in :60 Reflections | 2 Comments »In today's Gospel reading from John 10, we hear Jesus say, "I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." What is the abundant life about which Jesus speaks? Too often we think of abundance as ...
