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Deacon’s Beacon: Answering Jesus’ Call

Answering Jesus’ Call In the early stages of the parish revitalization program (“To teach who Christ is”) one of the questions asked of the participants was – “Is your parish a “Maintenance Church” or a “Missionary Church”? I thought – [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: What is Necessary to Follow Jesus

Christmas in July It may seem odd to talk about Christmas at this time of year – temperatures in the 90’s, high humidity and trips to the beach.  But I’m not talking about the weather, I talking about the spirit [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Faith in Action

Our Need for Faith  In last Sunday’s gospel, Jesus and His disciples are in a boat, sailing across the Sea of Galilee.  As a violent storm comes up, Jesus is in the stern of the boat, asleep.  The disciples are [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: As Parts of The Body of Christ, We Are Called to Action

We are part of The Body of Christ In last Sunday’s gospel, the feast of Corpus Christi, on the evening before His passion and death, Jesus shares His last meal with His apostles.  He prepares them for their faith journey [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Ascension of the Lord

The Ascension of the Lord Our readings focus, to a large degree, on the gospels. The word “gospel” means “good news.”  The good news is the message of Jesus.  Jesus calls the disciples – and us to bring the gospel to [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Branches That Bear Fruit

“Whoever remains in Me, And I in him, Will bear much fruit.” Jesus speaks these words to His disciples in this Sunday’s gospel.  To get a better understanding of His message, I would like to return to last Sunday’s gospel. Last [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Seeing and Witnessing Jesus in our Life

Two weeks ago we celebrated the feast of Easter – Jesus conquers death as He rises from the dead, and promises life with Him to all of us.  Last Sunday was Divine Mercy Sunday, when Jesus promises mercy for all – [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...]

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...]

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...]