Reflections

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

The name of this Sunday is Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord. The name shows both the joy at Jesus coming into Jerusalem and into our hearts and also how he is rejected by the crowd and when [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 5th Sunday of Lent

There is a confluence of topics to discuss this weekend; Confirmation of some 72 of our young people, (wasn’t 72 the number who received the Spirit in Scripture?) the Fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Patrick’s Day and, this coming Tuesday, [read more...]

The Symptoms of Vanity (and the Surprising Cure)

Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Okay maybe not everything, but probably more than you thought. Vanity isn’t just looking the mirror too much (although it could be). Vanity isn’t just too much plastic surgery (although it could be). Vanity [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 4th Sunday of Lent

In this weekend’s Gospel from John (for the normal cycle, not the Scrutinies) Jesus explains to Nicodemus that the Son of Man must be lifted up on a pole just as Moses lifted up the bronze serpent on a pole [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 3rd Sunday of Lent

The last two weeks we explored God’s Covenant and his promise to us of undying eternal love. The covenants God gives us is gradually revealed and fulfilled in Christ. I will cheat a bit, kind of like reading the end [read more...]

The Power of Prayer

According to the Thomas More Society, Illinois will more than double its annual abortion rate from its current average of 40,000 abortions to about 100,000 abortions. This is due to Illinois’ loose restrictions on abortion, the repeal of parental notification, [read more...]

Bible Study Intro: Abraham, Isaac, and Jesus Parallels

Kathleen discussed the significance of the Abraham and Isaac story from the Bible, emphasizing its historical context, symbolic elements, and its repudiation of child sacrifice. She highlighted the story’s foreshadowing of Jesus’ sacrifice, including the use of a ram as [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 2nd Sunday of Lent

All three readings from this Sunday give us a greatly expanded understanding of God’s covenant with us. If you recall in last Sunday’s first reading, God covenants with Noah that God will no longer destroy the earth by a flood. [read more...]

Sisters of Life Answer the Internet’s Top Questions About Nuns

When do religious sisters retire? Are they all Catholic? How do they get their names? What’s the difference between nuns and sisters? (…Is there a difference?) These are the most-asked questions about nuns and religious sisters—according to the internet—and Sr. [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 1st Sunday of Lent

In the first reading this Sunday, God tells Noah of God’s covenant that he will never again destroy the world by flood. God made the rainbow in the sky as symbol to remind us of this promise. Earlier God had [read more...]