The Feast of the Holy Family, and consequently the scriptures we will proclaim at Mass this weekend, can give us advice and help us reflect on our family’s dynamic. They can do the same for our parish family, always called to be a HOLIER family. Sirach encourages us to honor our father (similar wording in the Commandments) […]
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What do you tend to do when something does not seem to make sense? Like most of us, you probably dismiss it. We similarly turn away from possibilities that don’t fit with what our ideas, beliefs, and experiences happen to be. In today’s Gospel from Matthew, Joseph was going to dismiss Mary. Mary’s explanation for her pregnancy did
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Joy can be so inspiring! It can lift our hearts and souls up and so it is part of the reason for our Advent theme. The theme comes from the scriptures of the Advent journey, particularly those from the prophet Isaiah. This week we hear that a movement comes from the desert, actually long before
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We are seeking Higher Love this Advent. It is written on the wall behind the altar and has supportive words high up in our Narthex. They are representative of the scriptures that guide us this Advent season: Climb. Seek. Listen. Behold. We have incorporated more secular music into our weekend Eucharistic liturgies and this reflects a philosophy of mine, namely
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“Think about it, there must be a higher love – down in the heart or hidden in the stars above. Without it, life is wasted time. Look inside your heart and I’ll look inside mine…” Steve Winwood The Joyful Season of Advent is upon us. Matthew’s gospel puts us right in the tension that exists in our world today with the suffering and
