Reflections

Divinity in the Unexpected

My Dear Parishioners, Every year we have the great grace to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Our Loving Lord and Savior. In his beautiful reflections in his work, The Life of Christ, Blessed Fulton J. Sheen repeats, “Divinity is always [read more...]

Fr. Mike Schmitz: Dealing With Stress

We often consider all stress to be bad for us, but in this video Fr. Mike makes the case for stress—eustress, that is, or the kind that compels us to take action. He illustrates how a life without stress can [read more...]

The Eucharist and Christmas

Fourth Sunday of Advent – Year C When Mary greeted Elizabeth during the Visitation, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this [read more...]

Chris Stefanick: There IS a God

Presents don’t appear under a Christmas tree because they put themselves there—you can assume there’s a gift-giver, right? In the same way, everything made of matter has some origin outside of itself—from your chair, to your morning coffee, to YOU, [read more...]

Cardinal Cupich’s Christmas Message

Christmas 2021 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We joyfully celebrate the birth of the Lord. As we do so, we are also very much aware the challenges that we face—moving beyond the pandemic, building social peace in our society, [read more...]

Fr. Mike Schmitz: Catholics, Alcohol, and Drinking

Alcohol can certainly help us to live in the moment, grow in friendship, and simply enjoy life more, but when we drink too much we distort the goodness of alcohol. The Bible always condemns drunkenness, and in this video Fr. [read more...]

It’s Not That Complicated

3rd Sunday in Advent – Year C In the Christian and spiritual life, we often tend to complicate things. The readings for this Sunday show us, however, that following Christ is pretty straightforward. When the crowds asked St. John the [read more...]

Reflection: Immaculate Conception

Before giving us the gift of Himself through His Incarnation, God gave us the gift of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We cannot conceive the magnitude of the gift of the life and maternal role of Our lady in the history [read more...]

Evangelization Begins in Your Home

In my November 7 article, I talked about the need for us to find God in our life by looking for “The Truth.” Today I want to talk about the need for us to help the next generation to find [read more...]

Offer All to Jesus this Advent

Second Sunday of Advent — Year C On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Gospel invites us to ask ourselves: For what or for whom do I live? Why am I alive? The truth is God is always calling us [read more...]