by admin | May 29, 2020 | Guest Author
Father, here I am. I know you are always with me. I place my heart in the Heart of your Son Jesus, who gives himself to us in the Eucharist each day. May your Holy Spirit strengthen me to live the Gospel in everything I do and say. For my part I give you this day–all...
by admin | May 29, 2020 | Guest Author
I picked up a scrap of paper that was placed under the statue of the Sacred Heart in the church. Someone had written a one line prayer that was invested with a gem-like faith. It read: O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fill the hearts of the new First Communion children with...
by admin | May 18, 2020 | Guest Author
The Second Vatican Council highlighted the priestly dimension of our Baptism by stating that the ordinary actions of our daily lives can be offered to the Father “Together with the offering of the Lord’s body…in the celebration of the Eucharist,” and so we...
by admin | May 11, 2020 | Guest Author
May is an important month in the Church, because it is a month dedicated to Our Lady, the Mother of the Church and our Mother. It is a month that invites us to direct our gaze to our dear Mother in Heaven. It is a month that also invites us to dwell upon the...
by admin | May 1, 2020 | Guest Author
Lord God of all, hear our prayer! Heavenly Father, you instituted the Diaconate as a degree of Holy Orders ordaining men called to tasks of service of the Church. You have consecrated our deacons to ministry of worship and service. You have imprinted upon them a...
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Guest Author
Most of us know that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, chose to be called after St. Francis of Assisi. Many of us assume that St Francis was a priest. Rather, St. Francis was a deacon who beautifully lived his ordination of “diakonia” of service to others, especially the...
