Atheists and agnostics drop the question of God's existence just as it gets interesting. Why is there anything at all? There is no scientific answer to that, only faith!

In the gospel today, Jesus asks the most important question any human being must answer. While walking down the road with his disciples, Jesus asked them, “Who do people say that I am?"
 Mk. 8:27.

Crisis in the Church: Where We’ve Been – And Where We Are Today

"And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him.
 He took him off by himself away from the crowd." 
Mk. 7

Please read the following regarding Fr. Callistus' temporary transfer.

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction 
and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” James 1

"The questions raised deserve answers that are conclusive and based on evidence. Without those answers, innocent men may be tainted by false accusation and the guilty may be left to repeat sins of the past." Cardinal DiNardo

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering… 1 Peter 5:7-8

"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink." Jn. 6:51-58

Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger's message to the faithful of the Diocese of Tucson regarding Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on Pennsylvania dioceses.

Death is like going to sleep in this place and waking in your Father's house.

"The Eucharist is a drama in three acts, through which we share God’s life and begin even now to be touched by God’s happiness. Each act prepares for the next." Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.

John’s Gospel said, “No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him. Jn. 1:18.

Join Bishop Weisneburger in a Novena for Life! As proceedings move forward for the approval of a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, there is heightened conversation about the laws permitting abortion in our country. In the midst of these conversations, we as Catholics have the opportunity to renew our efforts to promote laws that protect life at all stages.  We place our emphasis on our moral code, not on political expediency.

Mark Kendrick Johnson 48 years old, passed away in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 19, 2018. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, August 4th at 11:30 AM at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church

"Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it." - Flannery O'Connor

Peter Brien Swarm 73 years old, passed away on July 23, 2018. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 27th at 11:00 AM at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church.  In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Pete Swarm’s name to St. Mark Church.

"Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick.." Mk. 6:7

“Whether they heed or resist, they will know that a prophet has been among them.” Ez. 2:5

"God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being;" Wis. 1:13