March 2019

Fourth Sunday of Lent Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Let us pray on this Sunday of Lent that we all have the courage to live the gospel by proclaiming through our lives what Jesus is doing in us. The man said,“I know this much:  He is a prophet. I was blind. Now I can see.”Such is the […]

Fourth Sunday of Lent Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Let us pray on this Sunday of Lent that we all have the courage to live the gospel by proclaiming through our lives what Jesus is doing in us. The man said,“I know this much:  He is a prophet. I was blind. Now I can see.”Such is the

Luke 18:9-14 God’s idea of righteousness is not the supposedly sinless perfectionist, but the pitiful, hopeless, humble, sinner who knows he/she needs God! We are the ones He came to save! “For I came not to call the righteous,” Jesus said, “but sinners!” God’s idea of goodness is a sinner who knows he/she needs God and

Luke 18:9-14 God’s idea of righteousness is not the supposedly sinless perfectionist, but the pitiful, hopeless, humble, sinner who knows he/she needs God! We are the ones He came to save! “For I came not to call the righteous,” Jesus said, “but sinners!” God’s idea of goodness is a sinner who knows he/she needs God and

Luke 11:14-23 Jesus is saying that his work and that of his disciples is the beginning of the end for the forces of evil. It is not uncommon for people to resort to slander when all other efforts have failed. Luke finishes this section with the saying of Jesus that he who was not with

Luke 11:14-23 Jesus is saying that his work and that of his disciples is the beginning of the end for the forces of evil. It is not uncommon for people to resort to slander when all other efforts have failed. Luke finishes this section with the saying of Jesus that he who was not with

Matthew 5:17-19 C.S. Lewis observed that “there is one vice of which no one in the world is free; which everyone in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. This vice is pride. The virtue that is its

Matthew 5:17-19 C.S. Lewis observed that “there is one vice of which no one in the world is free; which everyone in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. This vice is pride. The virtue that is its

Matthew 18:21-35 The Greek word for forgiveness means, “to send away”or, quite literally, “to let go.”That suggests that forgivenessis a choice. It is not something that simply happens over time; it doesn’t just go away if we ignore the pain. Forgiveness is a conscious decision on the part of the offended person to let it

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Luke 1:26-38 Today, with faith in God and with the support of one another, we promise once again to be faithful to whatever God asks of us. Today, we renew our YES. We, too, have our many excuses but this world would lose so much of God’s presence