As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:1 ff
Lots of discussion lately about changes in the Mass from Latin to English. Listen to a priest who lived through it all, Fr. Al Laubenthal of the Archdiocese of Cleveland. A seminary rector, a parish priest and a child of the Church before the Second Vatican Council. Take a step back and listen to someone who lived through all the changes of the last 85 years.
"“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4
The LORD said to Abram: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you." Gen. 12:1
Divorce. Broken families. Sexual abuse. Addiction. Pornography. Same-sex "marriage." Gender issues. Everywhere we look, we find more and more confusion about the most fundamental truths of human life. As we lose our basic understanding of the meanings of man, woman, marriage, and sex, the question becomes ever more urgent: What does it mean to be a human being?
"If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him." Sirach 15
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, Dorothy Maxine (Mahoney) Brack passed away peacefully, at the age of 95, surrounded by family at her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; your vindication shall go before you, Is. 58
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger. Zep 2:3; 3:12-13
Matthew's Gospel quotes Isaiah 8 "First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land west of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles." What is God's response? He sends his Son there first. Why does Jesus talk about the kingdom of Heaven in a land that has experienced such misery?
Take a look at what Works of Mercy did for our community last year! We are so blesses to have such an amazing Ministry in our Church. Thank you WOM for the motivation and thank you parishioners for making this happen! This is amazing work of love!
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.' John 1