Tag Archive: #reflection

Youth Ministry Update: Reflection, Adoration and Benediction, and Penance

Youth Ministry Update: Sunday, April 25th Reflection, Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, and Penance Father Artur and Deacon Paul were blessed with the opportunity to join Youth Ministry on the evening of Sunday, April 25—with Father Artur offering the Sacrament of [read more...]

Prayers for Shepherds and Unsung Heroes

4th Sunday of Easter  We are fascinated by and honor those who risk their lives for others. We call these people heroes. Apart from those mentioned on the news, many unsung heroes whose deeds go unnoticed surround us. These ordinary [read more...]

No Limit To How Deep Our Relationship With God Can Go

Third Sunday of Easter To convert means to believe in Jesus Christ. It means to turn to God, to grow in a deeper and more mature relationship with Him. For most of us, our parents made the decision to initiate [read more...]

Experience Christ’s Divine Mercy

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

Father Mark’s Good Friday Homily

To more fully experience the joy of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter, we must first journey with him to Calvary. In the event you missed it, or would like to listen again, here is Father Mark Augustine’s powerful and beautiful reflection [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...]