This past week we joined together as a community to support a homeless family. Encouraged by our pastor, Fr. Dan, we opened the doors of our beautiful facility and welcomed […]
This past week we joined together as a community to support a homeless family. Encouraged by our pastor, Fr. Dan, we opened the doors of our beautiful facility and welcomed […]
Good morning. I’m writing this week’s reflection in the early hours of the morning in my office as fellow parishioners and I stay overnight with our guests from Family Promise […]
This weekend’s first reading from the Book of Wisdom is beautiful. I’m not sure of course, but it seems to be where Shakespeare, raised a Catholic, found his inspiration for […]
“Caramel like the chocolate?” That is the No. 1 question I get asked when I tell people what I do for a living. “No,” I say. “I’m not even sure […]
We have some beautiful imagery in this weekend’s Gospel reading including Christ’s poetic and striking invitation to “all you who labor.” The psalm exults the Lord and Paul offers us […]
Well, we have some unpacking to do on this one. This week’s Gospel is a little hard to swallow on first hearing. Jesus, in a litany-like call and response tells […]
This Sunday’s readings are all about fear, bravery and courage. The first interpretation of courage comes from our first reading. In the reading from Jeremiah, the idea of courage is […]
This weekend the universal Church celebrates the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi as it was referred to for centuries. The summer feast […]
Working in a school, this time of year always makes me reflective. I’ve talked about how as an educator the year’s breaths are taken at a different pace. Our ‘ending’ […]
Happy Birthday OLMC! Well, it isn’t just our birthday; it is the entire Church’s birthday! Pentecost is considered the Church’s birthday because it was on that wonderful and strange day […]