Tag Archive: #reflection

Humble Gifts

The Epiphany of the Lord The magi from the East offered Jesus three symbolic and well-known gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh. We can ask ourselves: What kind of gifts do I prepare for Jesus during Christmas time and throughout the [read more...]

Strive to Imitate The Holy Family This Coming Year

Feast of the Holy Family The Son of God, Jesus Christ, came into the world and was born of a virgin, whose name was Mary. He was raised under the care of the just man, St. Joseph. In the home [read more...]

Father Mark’s Reflection on “Hail Mary”

At Our Lady of the Wayside’s Vigil Mass on Saturday, December 18, Father Mark Augustine shared a beautiful reflection on the “Hail Mary” prayer — a prayer that has been recited, in one form or another, since the Annunciation. Father [read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Bishop Jeffrey Grob’s Advent Message

As we begin our Advent journey together, our Shepherd — Bishop Jeffrey Grob — shares his Advent Message with all in our Vicariate. Bishop Grob invites us to open our hearts and minds, and to set aside silent time for [read more...]