Reflections

Bible Study: Insightful Preview of Sunday’s Readings

In this bible study introduction, Kathleen Miller explains that the Bible is a library of books, with some aspects being fiction and some non-fiction. She mentions parables, poetry, and different kinds of literature that can be read in different ways [read more...]

Worth The Effort

In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the parable about the sower. Jesus speaks through parables because He wants to push us to search for the truth within the parables and within our lives. He wants us to search for Him, [read more...]

DMI Survey Update (and Thanks!)

Dear Our Lady of the Wayside Family, Thank you for taking the time this past Lent to complete the Disciple Maker Index survey. 534 parishioners shared their input on a number of aspects of faith and community life here at [read more...]

Get Anything Out of the Mass?

It’s been said that familiarity breeds contempt. For Catholics, I think there’s a temptation for familiarity to breed complacency. We are all susceptible of taking for granted that which is closest to us, including the Mass. While Sacred Tradition is [read more...]

Do Wives Have to be Submissive?

“Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:22) Woah! Come again? On the list of controversial and misunderstood Bible verses, this is near the top. When it swings through in the cycle of Mass readings, folks [read more...]

Hierarchy of Values

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says: He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take [read more...]

Bible Study: Insightful Preview of Sunday’s Readings

This week, Kathleen Miller leads a Bible study on the book of Jeremiah focusing on a reading from the book where Jeremiah complains about his enemies who are looking for him to make a bad move. She explains that Jeremiah’s [read more...]

Consolation in Christ

This Sunday’s reading should reassure us of God’s love and bring us peace. When Jesus tells us that we are worth more to Him than many sparrows, this is clearly a drastic understatement. What the Lord tells us by His [read more...]

Bible Study: Insightful Preview of Sunday’s Readings

This week, Kathleen Miller leads the OLW Friday Morning Bible Study group in discussion of the journey of faith from the head to the heart — the longest and most important journey in the Church. They have been studying the [read more...]

Spiritual Fatherhood

Spiritual fatherhood is a vital role of every Catholic man— married or single. During June, in honor of Father’s Day, our prayer intentions are for men to strive to be spiritual fathers like St. Joseph. That all men protect, provide [read more...]