Posts from April 2020

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus meets two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus. The destination isn’t all that important, but what happens on the journey is. Jesus listens to their problems, hurts and feelings. He makes them feel better about themselves and their situations. Even though they didn’t recognize that it was Jesus, they invite Him to stay with them longer. Then they broke bread together and they recognized that it was the Lord. We’re all on this…

The Biblical concept of mercy always involves help to those who are in need or distress. Such help covers a broad range, including God’s forgiveness of our sins. The Biblical definition of mercy translated for us today simply says that mercy is a personal characteristic of care for the needs of others. During this pandemic and shelter-at-home restrictions, we see so many examples of mercy from people offering assistance to others and those checking on a needy neighbor as well…

Happy Easter! This seems like a greeting that doesn’t fit the occasion. However, this greeting is a perfect one for the occasion,. It’s a day to celebrate! Christ has Risen! He has defeated sin and death by coming back from the cross. What a victory! What a success! In the midst of the crisis facing our world, we need to be positive and look to a future when this virus has been eradicated. But it can’t be going back to…

The shelter-in-place order from Governor Wolf continues through the month of April. Our Bishop, along with so many other Bishops, have cancelled the Holy Week and Easter Masses and Services. All this is being done in the best interests of the people. It is there to help stop the spread ofthe corona virus and trying to keep people safe and healthy. We are asked to stay at home but not to stop living. Conversation can be a great comfort to…