Preaching Notes – Sunday, September 1
How well we all know that it is not want presses upon us from the outside that makes us unclean and defiles, but rather what
Tag: Jesus
Feast Day: Martyrdom of John the Baptist – 29 August 2024
JOHN THE BAPTIST is the only saint whom we honor on both the occasion of his birth and his death. The Church wants to inspire
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 25 August 2024
Today Gospel Reading chronicles the dramatic culmination of the 5-week study of John 6 (John 6:60-69). Will we find Jesus’ teaching too demanding as did
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 11 August 2024
The food God graciously provides the exhausted and terrified prophet Elijah in our First Reading (1 Kings 19:4-8), is another example of Old Testament foreshadowing
Feast: Jesus’ Transfiguration – August 6
O Sweet Jesus, grant that your grace – power – may triumph in me and empower me to persevere through life’s trials with eyes set
Preaching Notes – Sunday, 4 August 2024
Today is Sunday #2 of our 5 consecutive Sundays reading together select excepts from John 6. Front and center for us is the deep misunderstanding
Authority Over Unclean Spirits – (Sun) 14 July 2024
Despite our deep flaws, America remains that shinning city on the hill. We are a people particularly blessed by God. And with divine blessing we
Pastor's Pondering
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (July 4, 2024)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
Pastor's Pondering
The Dastardly and Deadly Everlasting Sin – 10th Sunday Ordinary Time (Sun) 6/9
Jesus said: “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin”(Mark 3:29). What is the “everlasting sin” about
Pastor's Pondering
Corpus Christi (Sun) 6/2/24
The event of the EXODUS is God’s dramatic rescue of the People of Israel from slavery to Pharaoh. Connected with this event was a meal.