Exodus 24:2-6,8-9;  2 Corinthians 13:11-13;  John 3:16-18 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; a gesture we Catholics do so frequently that we do not often even pay attention to its meaning.  Making the sign of the cross is an affirmation of our belief in a...
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Acts 8:14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 Have you ever been given a gift too complicated for you to use?  Unless we read the instructions or someone takes time with us to explain how to use the gift, it may just stay in our closet for years in an unopened box. Unfortunately that is...
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Nativity will have a Communal Reconciliation Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 PM. Do Catholics have to go to confession at least once a year? Paragraph #1457 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us “each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully to confess serious sins at least once a year.”...
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Exodus 17: 3-7; Romans 5: 1-2,5-8; John 4: 4-42 She had been living a life of lies.  She was rejected by the other townspeople and so she came to the well by herself that day.  Perhaps, others had judged her a sinner because of her many husbands and so they wouldn’t allow her in...
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Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 What does it mean to be holy?  How does one attain holiness?  For the Buddhist, holiness is attained by following an eightfold path consisting of right understanding, speech, action, meditation, and etc.  For the Muslim one attains holiness by fulfilling the Five Pillars of believing in God...
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Isaiah 58: 7-10; 1 Corinthians 2: 1-5; Matthew 5: 13-16 Do you ever feel like God is not listening to you?  Do you feel like you are praying but you never receive an answer to your prayers?  Do you pray but still feel far away form God?  Does your prayer life feel a little...
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What are we celebrating on the feast of the Assumption of Mary?    The Assumption, along with the Immaculate Conception, are two Marian dogmas that have been infallibly defined by the church. The Assumption proclaims the reality that Mary was taken up body and soul into heaven. This was God’s special gift to her...
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Is faith something we have to just accept? Or is there some reason to it that makes it more logical? There are some people who have the mistaken notion that faith and reason are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. For them, faith is a blind allegiance to a set of beliefs arbitrarily...
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(Video and Discussion) My neighbor is just beginning to embrace the faith, having been raised as an agnostic. We’ve discussed spirituality and living our faith. I grew up believing in God, praying and attending Mass. How does one start from scratch as an adult to develop a relationship with God? We all have a...
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(Video and discussion) Lent always seems to help me renew my relationship with God and strengthen my religious practice. Do you have any suggestions as to what I could do to achieve that the rest of the year? The obvious answer may seem to be to do whatever you do during Lent all year...
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