Today’s Gospel story of the parable of the Prodigal Son is perhaps one of the most well known stories in the Bible. Yet for as well known and loved as today’s parable is, have you ever stopped to realize just how relevant the story is for our own lives? The so-called… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Lent Year C
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5th Sunday of Lent Year C
I think most of us would agree that one of the worst things we can experience in our lives is public embarrassment. There is something about having our faults drug into the light for everyone to see which seems to tear us up inside and yet that is precisely what… Continue reading 5th Sunday of Lent Year C
3rd Sunday of Lent Year C
This past weekend some of the men from our parish were away on an ACTS retreat. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go out for the morning to speak with them and answer some questions. As I listened to their questions it was clear that many of them had come to… Continue reading 3rd Sunday of Lent Year C
2nd Sunday of Lent Year C
In the summer of 2013, Archbishop Carlson sent myself and two of my classmates to the picturesque city of Villa de Leyva in the beautiful country of Colombia. The city located at the high elevation of 7,000 feet, is surrounded by mountains which peaked out another 5,000 feet above us… Continue reading 2nd Sunday of Lent Year C
1st Sunday of Lent Year C
In the bible the desert is a place of encounter with God. It was in the desert that God first revealed Himself to Moses in the burning bush, where God formed His people, the Israelites, into a nation as He lead them from slavery in Egypt through the desert to freedom in the Promised… Continue reading 1st Sunday of Lent Year C
Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: Conclusion
Our Lord, in his last seven sayings provides a deep wellspring for our meditation. He lays out for us a deep insight into the 7 sacraments. When meditated on individually and then together as a whole they provide us with an opportunity to hear Christ speaking to us, to hear Him encouraging and showing us… Continue reading Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: Conclusion
Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “Into thy Hands.”
Our Lord in his last saying “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit” speaks of the focal point of marriage. The vows made in marriage are the complete giving over of oneself to the other in complete trust and faithfulness. Without free consent there is no marriage. Marriage requires the free giving of the… Continue reading Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “Into thy Hands.”
Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “I am Thristy.”
Our Lord continues His teaching on marriage with His saying “I am thirsty.” On a physical level a natural satiation is fulfilled in marriage. A purely natural sexual desire is consecrated through marriage and raised to the level of a sacred act. Out of this sacred act Christ blesses the couple by allowing them the… Continue reading Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “I am Thristy.”
The Battle Plan of the Devil: Knowing the Devil’s Tactics & How to Defend Oneself: A Lenten Reflection
This was a Lenten Reflection Adapted from Spiritual Theology By Jordan Auman O.P. As we walk the path of Calvary through praying the devotion of the Stations of the Cross, I cannot help but stop and remind myself that it was not only the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden that sentenced… Continue reading The Battle Plan of the Devil: Knowing the Devil’s Tactics & How to Defend Oneself: A Lenten Reflection
Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “My God, My God”
This joining of two into one flesh in the sacrament of marriage requires a giving up of things for the harmony of the marriage. Our Lord expresses this in His saying “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” A fruitful marriage requires the forsaking of things for the union of the two fleshes.… Continue reading Lenten Reflection on the 7 Last Words of Christ: “My God, My God”
Through The Cross To Light 