St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Reflection: Coming of Christ is an everyday occurrence By SISTER MARY McGLONE Shortly before convening the synod on synodality — arguably the most important Catholic Church gathering since Vatican II — Pope Francis visited Mongolia. Mongolia? Situated precariously between Russia and China, the ancient home […]
Do you know someone who might be thinking about becoming a Roman Catholic and would like to know more about it? Or maybe that person was baptized in the Catholic faith but never has been confirmed or received the Eucharist. Or just maybe that person was baptized in another faith but wishes to become Catholic […]
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time During November, we celebrate the end of Ordinary Time. Today’s scriptures call us to keep in mind how this life is connected to the next. Like wise virgins who prepare for the bridegroom’s arrival with their oil lamps filled, we pray for wisdom to fill our days. Wisdom is the […]
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection: Knowledge vs. wisdom By SISTER MARY McGLONE Recently, the NPR program “Science Friday” featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the springboard of all the cumulative knowledge we have. Today’s liturgy invites […]
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Giving thanks for trust in God By SISTER MARY McGLONE In the early 1600s, an Inca nobleman named Guamán Poma wrote a long letter to King Philip III of Spain, informing him about how Spanish conquistadors had fulfilled their charge to bring Christianity to the people of his territory, […]
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Jesus demands that we have integrity — that we practice what we preach, and that we integrate our Christian morality with every choice we make. To the point: After so many prior confrontations, Jesus himself now directly takes on the scribes and Pharisees by pointing to a problem in the […]
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: God asks to give are all to our vocation By SISTER MARY McGLONE How many times have you heard St. Paul bashed for what he says about women? Today’s selection from his first letter to the Thessalonians offers a very different take on Paul’s attitudes. Sandwiched between two readings […]
