“..We must make it our business to pray for the full flourishing of the Kingdom of God every day, and dispose ourselves, as Catholics, through the sacraments, to be able to give to others what has been given to us ….”
Gospel Mark 4:26-34
For the Son of Man has come not to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45)
Every May and June priests celebrate their anniversaries to the priesthood of Jesus Christ. Please remember our priests and pray for them always but especially on their anniversaries to the priesthood!
Fr. Vander Woude, May 16th
Fr. Bork, May 20th
Fr. Peter, May 24th
Fr. Carr, June 9th
“..The good shepherd and other good shepherds with The Good Shepherd, will stand in their post and they will rather take cuts and bruises and even risk their own life rather than leave their flock unattended, the flock that is theirs to care for ….”
“..In Baptism we receive, we’re given a new birth… When the Apostles received the Holy Spirit, they were Confirmed, and they were given courage, they were given a love for their neighbor, which was the inspiration of all their preaching….”
“..What’s new about the New Covenant is us, not God. God doesn’t change. What’s revealed in Christ, in His Cross, in His Resurrection is what St. Paul says is the plan of God, which is laying hidden from the beginning of the world… Jesus is the revelation of the Father, if we don’t understand that, we have a very, very compromised, stupid faith….”
“..As I often ask the second graders getting ready for First Holy Communion, why do we believe in the Eucharist? What I want to hear them say is ‘because Jesus said so!’ that’s it, not the Church, because Jesus said so. Jesus is Lord, He is the one that makes the sacraments, not the Church, the Church receives them, and celebrates them….”
“..Our Lord knows everything about us, the good and the bad, and He loves us, He loves us as we are, in fact, He loves us so much that He won’t leave us, as we are, that’s why He comes to save us. He loves this woman in spite of her sins, not because of them but in spite of them, there is more to her than her sins….”
Scrutiny Year ‘A’ Gospel: John 4:5-42
“..Today God is saying He didn’t only come for the simple, the uneducated, He also came for the wealthy, the educated, as long as our education doesn’t become an impediment to the humility of worship and the obedience of Faith….”
“…We also say she is a Perpetual Mother and that she didn’t just bear one child, she bore the whole Church. At the foot of the Cross, Mary brought forth the Church…Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners….”
“…The effects of Christ’s Incarnation did not end when He went back to the Father. He is still here, He is in His Church through the sacraments, through His Word proclaimed, through the graces poured out. This is what’s supposed to give us a truly deeply Merry Christmas….”
