From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts April 12 – Easter Sunday At the Easter Vigil we transition from total darkness, gradually into light; a light ushered in by the Paschal Candle and the Easter Proclamation known as the Exsultet. “Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal king.
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts May 31 – Pentecost Sunday Potential! That’s what that frightened band of men – the apostles – that’s what they had until that Pentecost so long ago. The Spirit descended upon them and suddenly this cowardly, frightened group became enabled and emboldened by the Spirit to do all that
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts October 17 – Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time In our gospel today we hear “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.” How many times do we approach God in this way? I know I certainly do so repeatedly ‘even though I know better.’
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts July 26 – Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time Our readings this week raise the question of predestination and priorities in life. We are living in challenging times right now with the pandemic, social distancing, economic chaos, protests and riots and so much more. It is easy to lose sight of
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts July 19 – Sixteenth Sunday Ordinary Time We hear this week the familiar parable about the sowing of seeds. Where they are sown – on the pathway, on rocky ground, or on good ground – determines how well they take. Sometimes lost in this parable is what our role
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts July 12 – Fifteenth Sunday Ordinary Time “The sufferings of the present time are nothing compared to the glory to come.” Suffering – and the picking up of the cross – are part and parcel of our human experience. Jesus tells us repeatedly we must pick up our cross
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts July 5 – Fourteenth Sunday Ordinary Time We come into the celebration of our country’s independence this year in the midst of turmoil, confusion, pain and anger. It can be overwhelming to take everything in. The pandemic, the protests, statues being torn down, police brutalizing and murdering citizens, and
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts June 28 – Thirteenth Sunday Ordinary Time Our readings this week speak to the requirements and challenges of discipleship. But they also highlight an important aspect of discipleship – hospitality. Hospitality is all about encountering the presence of God in others, seeing that presence and accepting it for what
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts June 21 – Twelfth Sunday Ordinary Time With Easter and the host of high feast days that follow it completed, we now settle into ordinary time. These days feel like anything but ordinary though. Between the pandemic, economic hardships, and the tensions throughout the country and the world
From the Deacon’s Desk: Prayer and Inspirational Thoughts June 14 – The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Sunday Do you believe in miracles? This week we celebrate the greatest miracle of all time – when Jesus makes himself present to us through the transformation of bread and wine into his Body and Blood, Soul
