Reflections

This Easter We Celebrate the Power of Christ’s Resurrection

Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord A little over one year ago, our lives and the world underwent a drastic change. Because of Covid-19, we had to alter completely how we live and interact with each other. For many of [read more...]

Palm Sunday: Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Today we enter into the greatest week of the liturgical year: Holy Week. For the entirety of Lent, we have been preparing for this week. And now we find ourselves holding palm branches to [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Fickle People or “Stay the Course?”

The Fickle People             Or “Stay the Course” Today we celebrate the feast of Palm Sunday.  For the past six weeks we have been on our Lenten Journey striving to bind our lives more closely [read more...]

Jesus’ Redemptive Death: Are You Open to His Love and Mercy?

5th Sunday of Lent – Year B The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said that there is one event that he would not be able to describe in writing—the most important event of his life: his death. Jesus spoke about [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Covenant, Light, Love and Action

“God so loved the world …” “… that He gave His Only Son that everyone who believes in Him …  might have eternal life.”  That quote is from last Sunday’s gospel (John 3:16) and it’s one of the most meaningful [read more...]

Reflection: Spiritual and Religious

Many people say they are “spiritual but not religious.” Generally, they mean that they believe in a “higher power” without belonging to a church or adhering to dogmas. They claim to have respect for all religions, picking from each the [read more...]

Lent: A Time of Preparation for our Ultimate Goal

4th Sunday of Lent – Year B To truly live our lives means to continue moving forward in an effort to follow God’s will in a given moment, on a given day. That which we have already done and the [read more...]

God’s Commandments Bring True Freedom, Peace and Harmony

3rd Sunday of Lent – Year B Within our country and throughout the world, civil laws are being enacted that directly violate God’s laws and the natural law. Our modern society has drifted so far from God’s Law—the Ten Commandments—that [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Lenten Rewards, Or “What’s in it for Me?”

A good message for all of us as we set our goals and objectives is to remember that “There is no point of doing well that which should not be done at all.”  So we should ask ourselves, “What’s the [read more...]

Though Trials, God Calls Us to a Deeper Faith

2nd Sunday of Lent – Year B After the Transfiguration, Jesus told Peter, James, and John not to speak of the event until after He had risen from the dead. “So the Apostles kept the matter to themselves, questioning what [read more...]