Posts from February 2021

Sacrifice: what does this mean to you? In today’s first reading Abraham was asked to sacrifice his very son, Isaac. And his faith showed forth as he was willing to do so, no matter how difficult it was. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice as He gave His life on the cross for you and me. So now, how difficult are those sacrifices we take on during our Lenten journey? Is giving up that extra meal, or a particular food as…

Lent is our desert experience. What is your desert experience? For Margaret Tobin Brown, (known as the unsinkable Molly Brown), her desert might have been the Titanic. A Catholic born to poor Irish immigrants, she was already known for her charity. She began soup kitchens, built a prototype of today’s juvenile justice system and was active in woman’s suffrage. But on that dark night in 1912 the “heroine of the Titanic” was born. Despite her protests to let others go…

Many people swear by a particular diet they follow to help them lose weight. But there are so many diet programs out there, which one is best. If you look closely at them, they all advocate the basics: cut back on certain foods and exercise regularly. Lent begins this Wednesday. Maybe this Lent can be everyone’s diet of sorts. Not to lose weight, but to improve or better our lives of faith. So we need to get down to the…

In today’s Gospel, we read that after a long day of peaching and curing those who were sick, Jesus rose early the next day and went off to pray. His disciples found him and told him that everyone was looking for him. Why? Why were they looking for Jesus? For something they wanted? Why do we look for Jesus? And maybe just as important, where do we look for Jesus? Do we look for Jesus only when we want something…