Reflections

Old Testament’s Impact on Jesus’s Teachings

Kathleen Miller led a Bible study discussion focusing on Isaiah’s vineyard song and Jesus’s vineyard parable. Both are warnings to their societies. The Philippians reading will point us in the direction of spiritual and mental health. Kathleen concluded by inviting [read more...]

How to be Excellent (NOT a Perfectionist)

They say that perfection is the enemy of the good. But what is true goodness in a pursuit? What does excellence actually look like and consist of? Fr. Mike urges us to practice two qualities that lie at the heart [read more...]

Harvest Plentiful, Laborers Few

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the [read more...]

Fidelity Yields Peace

One of the greatest fruits produced from a life lived in fidelity to Christ Jesus and the teachings of the Catholic Church is peace. If peace is lacking in our lives as Catholics, in our societies, in the Church, and [read more...]

Living Radical Solidarity

An excerpt from Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge statement on Respect Life Month 2023 Since 1973, the year the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v. Wade, the month of October has been set aside by the U.S. bishops [read more...]

My Conversion Story

How do you know you’ve had an encounter with God? Sometimes it’s hard to tell, especially if you were raised in the Faith. Fr. Mike shares his own conversion story, and encourages us to think of a time or a [read more...]

Your Spiritual Life?

This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us that good intentions are not enough to get us to heaven. Following Christ and leading a truly spiritual life takes discipline, effort, and perseverance. We cannot simply say “I believe in God” and expect to [read more...]

Welcome to Respect Life Month!

October is the month of Our Lady but also when we celebrate the joy and dignity of every human life. This year’s theme from the USCCB is Radical Solidarity. Join us for a month of prolife events and look for [read more...]

The Unpopular Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

Kathleen Miller led a Bible study session at Our Lady of the Wayside, discussing the parable of the workers in the vineyard. She emphasized the controversial aspect of the parable, where workers who started later in the day were paid [read more...]

The Greatest Gift

It is tempting to think like the laborers in Sunday’s Gospel that God is more generous with others than with me. This temptation arises when we desire the wrong thing: what God gives instead of God Himself. What the laborers [read more...]