Don't copy the behaviors and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think Then you will learn God's will for you which is pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 "Why is it that it seems when we try the hardest to do everything right that… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: On the Right Path
LK 12:13-21 When is enough... enough? And what is it that drives us to achieve or accomplish more in life? As parents we seek to provide the best for our children, often sacrificing to fill not only their needs but many times their wants. Still, does our happiness truly lie in this provision? Or instead,… Continue reading Gospel Reflections: Enough.
There honestly is no other way of describing it- the work of evangelization is a messy work. It isn't that the message itself is cloudy or unclear, for the love of the Gospel given is simple. "Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Messy Work
So he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven Ps. 73:28 As this week the beauty of the tranquil fall in New England braced for strong winds and rain, the clouds and cooler temps dominated the skies and dampened many a mood. So too our faith community made preparations for the funeral… Continue reading Heaven’s Open Doors
When you think of the many reasons that might lead you to celebrate, odds are that this experience would not make your top 10 or even your top 100. And yet, as a believer in Christ, the truest promise of salvation should be our greatest cause of celebration. Inexhaustibly matched by a Father's joy and… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Cause for Celebration
"Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do." Pope John XXIII Recently I had one of the most surprisingly profound conversations on this idea… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Unfulfilled Potential
The Lord asks everything of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created.... Gaudette et Exsulte Instead of a half-hearted effort or begrudgingly offering a portion, Christ asks for our all. No more than what he gave on the cross and no less than what we have… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Everything For Happiness
"When the Jewish leaders saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus... God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul. " Acts 4;13; 19:11 Though perhaps missed, ignored or even denied, everything in life has potential within. From… Continue reading From Ordinary to Extraordinary
Not just a prettier or more approachable version of confession, the act of reconciling is instead, a richer and more complete description of what transpires in this beautiful sacrament. For, reconciliation means“to walk together again”[1] , to reestablish a close relationship in friendship, peace, and love. Confession is just one part of this sacrament replete with mercy, grace and… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Be Reconciled
"I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God." Ezekiel 11:19-20 What does it mean… Continue reading With an Undivided Heart
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