by Staff | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week as we approach Pentecost Sunday, I have been reflecting on who the Holy Spirit is and how significant His role is in our relationship with God. Is it possible to have a relationship with God apart from the Holy Spirit? I don’t think so. In the Bible, the...
by Staff | May 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kids play hard, and sometimes they get banged up. The crazy part is that we stick a Band-Aid on a skinned knee and, in a week or two, they’re just fine. Bruises fade, new skin grows to cover cuts and scrapes. Their bodies are constantly growing, healing, and changing...
by Staff | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this weekend’s readings, we will hear about the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentiles for the first time (Acts 10:44-48), and about loving God and keeping His Commandments (1 John 5:1-6 and John 15:9-17). These ideas are central to the Gospel and the Body of...
by Staff | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
God was not – and is not – concerned with how much money we each put into the offertory plate on Sundays. The story of the Widow’s Mite (Mark 12:41-44) makes that very clear. In this passage, Jesus, calling the disciples, points out a poor widow who has placed two...
by Staff | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the morning I say a prayer that gets me ready for the day. I invite God to be in control of my day. I pray for His protection over my family and myself, that anything that is not of Him would leave, and I ask Him to fill me with His Spirit and all the fruits of His...
by Staff | Apr 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was 54, my husband Mario died, at 58, of spinal cancer, just 6 weeks after he was diagnosed. He had been being treated for a sprained muscle in his neck, which turned out to be 2 cracked discs in his spine in the neck area. He was in such pain that I honestly...
by Staff | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. -Alcoholics Anonymous – Big Book It is natural for human beings to have expectations in people, places, and things and the way they...
