Posts from September 2024

A number of Churches around us have been merged or closed due to the decline to the decline in the number of priests to serve them. To increase this numberwe need to pray or encourage young men to enter the seminary and priesthood. Our Elijah Cup program is geared to do just that: pray for religious vocations. This special chalice is used at Mass and then purified and given to a family or individual to take home for the week.…

As you listen to today’s Gospel, we see that Jesus knew that the only way to experience joy is with a childlike attitude, which is why He used children as examples. Children normally are not stuck with many of the attitudes and perceptions that handicap us as adults. We need to stop looking outside of ourselves for fulfillment and examine our attitudes. Consider how many childlike qualities you have maintained from your youth. Are any remaining? Picture yourself as the…

On behalf of Father Sabas, our missionary, and me, I wish to say Thank You for your support and generosity in the collection for Mission activity. You donations came to $4,881.00. I’m sure this will go a long way in Father’s missionary work of taking care of the orphanages and the people in his diocese in Tanzania. God Bless You for your help and support.

Who do you say Jesus is? Today’s Gospel says He is to suffer greatly, be rejected by the elders, be put to death and then rise after three day. Then He says that those who wish to follow Him must do the same: deny oneself and take up his cross. Are we willing to sacrifice for the sake of Jesus? Do we recognize who Jesus is and made Him the focus and center of our lives? Or have we put…

Some years ago I was on kitchen duty at a men’s retreat weekend. The setting was rustic and the kitchen primitive. We made meals using a few available utensils and a couple of propane rings to cook on. Other team members were enjoying interacting with the men, and I was struggling just to make a pot of oatmeal, a vat of spaghetti, or something that resembled coffee. I found myself getting angrier and angrier as the weekend went on. A…