Our Lady Of Victory

This is Memorial Day weekend. Many are off work on Memorial Day. Summer plans start in motion. We remember those veterans that sacrificed their lives for our freedom. It’s a big deal and everyone celebrates it. But what is a bigger deal is to remember who sacrificed His life for us that went beyond our freedom. That is Jesus Christ! He sacrificed His life on the cross to keep us free from eternal damnation. He brought us forgiveness of our…

Did you ever notice how many times we make excuses for things we don’t want to do? I don’t mean valid reasons why we shouldn’t do something, but excuses why we don’t want to do some things. Today’s Gospel tell us to love one another. Jesus then gives us an example of what that means: “As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” This is where the excuses come in. I can’t love … Do you…

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also called Good Shepherd Sunday, as the Gospel is about Jesus the Good Shepherd. It is also Mother’s Day. These are different celebrations and yet they seem to me to be the same. It’s an Easter celebration of new life as Christ resurrected from the dead and showed us this new life of faith in God. It is through our mothers, that our lives began in this world. A life they nourished, helped…