Jesus Stills the Sea “ Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out. But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierceContinue Reading
We as a Church gather together on this day to celebrate Pentecost Sunday. It’s hard to be in a celebratory mood after watching the news. Many of our cities are on fire, our people in turmoil, and our youth scared and hurting. The racial divide in this country has neverContinue Reading
My hands ache. You would think that with a yard the size of a postage stamp I’d not be so sore after mowing it. My neighbor started (mowing two yards mind you) about 30 minutes after I did. She finished long before I. I just mowed the yard, cut aContinue Reading
The internet age has brought forth the rise of the armchair warrior. During this time of the pandemic, we have seen an increase in this battalion of recliner combatants. Many think they are fighting the good fight, and maybe some are. If one were to cherry-pick a sentence from today’sContinue Reading
With everything going on, we all have questions. Each of us has missed an event in our lives, or in someone else’s lives, that makes us long for the time when we could gather freely. Graduations, weddings, college tours… all things we were expecting to be at or around. Mass. Continue Reading
“When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tellContinue Reading
The first Christians were Jewish. They were considered a new Jewish sect that believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah. They worshipped in the temple in the way they were accustomed. Their insistence in preaching the risen Christ got them into trouble with the ruling class and they were eventuallyContinue Reading