Happy Father’s Day We welcome one of the great fathers of the Archdiocese of Chicago to Holy Family this weekend. Father Jack Wall, the President of the Catholic Extension Society, will join us for our 9:00 and 11:00 am Masses this weekend. We will present Jack with a check for just over $113,000 dollars that […]
To and From EvilI have been nourished and inspired by my new Small Christian Community which is truly a Gathering in Grace (GIG). We gather to share THE SPIRITUALITY OF SPORTS. We are a very diverse group of men and women, young Academy parents and longtime parishioners. A common thread is that we all played
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ Take…All…Eat…Given…Drink…New…Eternal…Covenant…Shed… Do This…Memory…Me These are some of the key action words of Jesus that we priests have the profound honor of saying during the Consecration of every celebration of the Eucharist. I firmly believe in the Eucharist as a verb as much, if not more, than
Holy Trinity God is a mover, always in motion through and in our lives. The first great movement of God was into life. God moved into all life by creative, eternal love. God was the first mover, instigating all life, and that first movement is often called FATHER. The second great movement of God was,
Pentecost There are almost as many stories of the Holy Spirit in scripture as there are in our ongoing lives. Going back to the Old Testament, we hear from 1 Samuel 16:13 that the prophet Samuel was sent by God to Jesse’s home in Bethlehem. The story says, “…and the spirit of the Lord rushed
