Tag Archive: #fatherarthurmarat

God’s Rights?

In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus says “‘If you love me, you will keep My Commandments’” (Jn 14:15). For many today, the idea of following God’s commandments is considered old-fashioned, repressed, and passé; only rigid and closed-minded people keep God’s commandments. With [read more...]

Queen of Heaven and Earth

In today’s Gospel, we hear about how the Blessed Mother hurried to her cousin Elizabeth when she learned from the Angel Gabriel that Elizabeth was six months pregnant. Upon Mary’s arrival, Elizabeth exclaimed: “And how does this happen to me [read more...]

Their Eyes Were Opened

God Loves us, and His Love is eternal. God gives us, mortal human beings, the gift of immortality. This is the reason why we should be full of joy during this time of Easter. It is true that we experience [read more...]

Jesus’ Divine Mercy

In 1936, something extraordinary occurred in Poland; Jesus spoke the following words to a simple Polish nun named Sr. Faustina Kowalska: “My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a [read more...]

Risen and With Us Always

The beginning and the end, the past and future meet and are fulfilled on this day when Jesus has risen. Jesus Christ died, but He lives! Today the Easter message is more urgent than ever. The state of our faith, [read more...]

Encounter Christ’s Passion

Today we enter into the most solemn week of the liturgical year. We have been preparing for the past six weeks, and now we find ourselves in this Church today holding palm branches to joyfully greet and worship Jesus, our [read more...]

God’s Restorative Forgiveness

Our God is a living God, who sees and knows everything. The Lord is also a loving God, who looks into the depths of our souls: “Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance, but the [read more...]

Happy 60th Father Arthur!

Someone is celebrating an important Birthday today… Father Arthur is celebrating his Big 60!  If you happen to see Father around the parish campus or would like to wish him Happy Birthday in writing, you can do so in OLW’s [read more...]

Lenten Hunger Pangs

The readings for this Sunday speak about physical and spiritual thirst and hunger. In the first reading, the Chosen People found themselves irritable and impatient because they lacked food and water. They started to doubt God’s care, asking: Is God [read more...]

Ministers of Care in Action

Ash Wednesday is a busy day for OLW’s Ministers of Care, who brought communion and ashes to the residents of Church Creek, Cedar Village, The Gardens, and to many of our homebound parishioners. Father Arthur distributed ashes to residents and [read more...]