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That All May Be One
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/13/16
The Vatican announced Jan. 25 that Pope Francis will travel to Sweden in October to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation, which begins in 2017. The event will be ecumenical in nature, and Francis will be joined by leaders of the Lutheran World Federation and ... Read More »
OPPORTUNITIES FOR LENT
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/07/16
Ash Wednesday is February 10, 2016 ASHES AT ALL MASSES
MASS SCHEDULE: 6:50 A.M., 12:10 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:00 P.M.
CONFESSIONS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th - 11:30 A.M. & 4:30 P.M.
SPRING BIBLE STUDY: Begins the week of February 15 th. The topic is Mercy: A Bible Study Guide ... Read More »
Religion With God or Religion Without God
Posted by Bob Herz on 1/24/16
There are lies, damned lies, and neo-atheist polemics. One of the most egregious examples of such godless mendacity is the claim that religion has been the cause of most of the wars have blighted humanity throughout its blood-stained history. In a world with “no religion”, so the argument runs, ... Read More »
No God Condones What?
Posted by Bob Herz on 1/17/16
At the National Prayer Breakfast [in 2009], President Obama seemed to signal that he has seen the light and is abandoning his radically pro-abortion agenda.
At least, that’s the only reasonable conclusion one could make after hearing the President, who says he’s a Christian, also say: “There is no God ... Read More »
Caring For Our Soul
Posted by Bob Herz on 1/10/16
What does it profit you if you gain the whole world but suffer the loss of your own soul? Jesus taught that and, I suspect, we generally don’t grasp the full range of its meaning. We tend to take Jesus’ words to mean this: What good is it if ... Read More »
Monsignor Yennock on Epiphany
Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 1/04/16
EPIPHANY JANUARY 3, 2015
A STAR RISING IN THE EAST CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE WISE MEN AND THEY FOLLOWED IT TO THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS. WHEN THEY FOUND HIM THEY WORSHIPPED HIM.
ON THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY WE ARE REMINDED THAT GOD REAVEALED TO THE MAGI ... Read More »
Monsignor Yennock on The Solemnity of Mary
Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 1/04/16
SOLEMNITY OF MARY
JANUARY 1, 2016
AND MARY KEPT ALL THESE THINGS, REFLECTING ON THEM IN HER HEART. (Luke 2:18)
FROM NAZARETH TO BETHLEHEM; FROM EGYPT BACK TO NAZARETH; FROM GALILEA TO JERUSALEM AND THE CROSS OF CALVARY, MARY HAD MUCH TO REFLECT UPON IN HER HEART, AND ... Read More »
2015 Feast of the Holy Family
Posted by Bob Herz on 12/27/15
2015 Feast of the Holy Family
Marriage and the family are where faith finds its home and where the Divine Presence lives in the love between husband and wife, parent and child.
What then has changed? Here’s one way of putting it. I wrote a book a few years ... Read More »
The Present Debate
Posted by Bob Herz on 12/16/15
In the present debate about the U.S. government defunding Planned Parenthood we should stick to the following facts: Fully-developed unborn children are being aborted and then dissected for their organs by Planned Parenthood — some of them, apparently, born alive. Planned Parenthood is profiting from the sale of fetal ... Read More »
THE JESSE TREE
Posted by Bob Herz on 11/29/15
THE JESSE TREE The Jesse Tree, with all it symbols, gives us the genealogy or family tree of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a Jew, born of a Jewish virgin named Mary. The Jewish Nation began with Abraham about 2000 years before Christ. Abraham is called the Father of ... Read More »