Christmas 2020 Dear Friends, Well, here we are – Christmas in the year of COVID-19. Can we travel? Will we be able to gather with our family? How can I shop for gifts that I cannot see or touch? Will the post office deliver my packages on time? Will we even be able to worship …
Dear Friends, Outside my window a frisky squirrel is gathering nuts to put away in his secret hiding place to prepare for leaner times. This afternoon it will be out to the garden to bring in the last squash, peppers, and tomatoes before the frost predicted for this week. It seems to be a season …
Dear Friends, The year is half over and if you are like me, it feels like I have not accomplished much. I haven‘t put many miles on my car, I haven‘t attended meetings, I haven‘t seen my friends… Oh, how wrong is that interpretation. There have been four months to grow in holiness, to practice …
Dear Friends, Christ is risen; He is truly risen! He is victorious over death and darkness. What a gift the Easter message is for a world at war with Covid19. Doesn‘t this feel like a time when we really need to see him in the clouds of heaven, reassuring us of his ever-present love and …
Dear Friends, Lent is a season that calls us to deeper love. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are practices which the Church offers to us as a stimulus to put things back in order; that is, to place God, who is Love, in the center of our lives once again. We are reminded to follow Jesus’ …
From the President: Dear Friends, As the leaves turn golden and ruby and the winds become brisk and filled with the aroma of fall (at least here in Nebraska), my thoughts turn to some of my favorite feasts, that of All Saints and All Souls. These are the day when the Church remembers and celebrates …
Dear Friends, Heart Speaks to Heart. This is the theme of our coming annual national meeting, obviously inspired by divine providence. Just a few days after our executive committee had chosen this theme, it was announced that Pope Francis had approved the canonization of John Henry Cardinal Newman. The cardinal’s motto was: Cor ad cor …
Dear Friends, Christ has risen, alleluia! The most glorious time of year is upon us and we want to embrace the reality that Jesus lives among us and in us. It is a time of joy and glory, no matter what is going on around us: joy because the plan of redemption has been fulfilled; …
Christmas 2018 Dear Friends, We are in the season of light and music in which the angels appear to us under so many disguises. So long ago they came to proclaim the glorious news that a Savior had been born. The stars shone for his glory, the angels sang and all of nature seemed to …
Dear Friends, The calendar tells us that the holidays are approaching fast. Ready or not, here they come. Black Friday sales have been around since the beginning of November this year, which means we can still enjoy our Thanksgiving Day without having to run off to find good deals. “Black” Friday is so named because …
