Tag Archive: #fatherarthurmarat

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...]

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...]

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...]

Father Arthur Celebrates 35 Years of Priesthood

Friday, June 16th, marks the 35th Anniversary of our pastor’s Ordination. Please drop by the Gathering Place for a paczki and to wish Father Arthur well following the 11:30 am Mass this Sunday, June 18.  

Anything But Ordinary

This weekend, after a rich season of solemnities, we return to ordinary time within the Church calendar. But, is any time really ordinary when our lives are filled with the beautiful mysteries of our faith and when we have a [read more...]

God’s Greatest Gift

What we think of as our lives—the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of work, marriage, schooling, religious practice and everything that occupies us—is nothing more than the spiritual, physical, emotional, and moral desert in which the Israelites found [read more...]

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

St. Athanasias once wrote: “God became man so that man might become God.” The Gospel reading affirms this: God the Father gave His only Son, Jesus, so that we might have eternal life. By becoming human, Jesus made it possible [read more...]

Call on the Holy Spirit

On this, the Solemnity of Pentecost, we celebrate the birthday of the Church. The momentous event of the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the Apostles reminds us of two very important dimensions of a life of faith: the vertical [read more...]

Enlightened Perspective

To Christians living in the 21st century, it might seem surprising that the Apostles still did not fully understand Jesus or God’s plan when Jesus ascended into Heaven. After all that Jesus had explained to them even after His resurrection, [read more...]