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PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEKEND
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: It’s time to accept all God’s people By SISTER CAROL DEMPSEY When we peruse the Bible, especially the Hebrew Scriptures, we encounter narratives and poems describing the many hardships, struggles and injustices of biblical times. Nations and kingdoms rival one another. Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman empires […]
CALL TO WORSHIP
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time Today’s scriptures remind us that we are all invited guests at God’s banquet feast we should accept the responsibility that comes with God’s gracious invitation and have our mindset focused on the faith we celebrate together. To the point: The king is adamant about filling the wedding hall with guests. […]
THE WORD OF GOD THIS WEEK
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Invitation vs. a calling By SISTER MARY McGLONE What’s the difference between an invitation and a call? We might be invited to the game on Sunday, to a party, or even to be godparent to the child of a friend. When does an invitation (“Will you marry me?”) become […]
PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEKEND
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Jesus, and learning a lesson from Charlie Brown By SISTER MARY McGLONE The cartoon character Charlie Brown never ages and seems not to learn much either. Every fall since 1953, Lucy has been snatching away the football just before Charlie can kick it, leaving him sprawled on the ground, […]
Parishioner takes a spiritual journey to St. Kateri shrine
On a beautiful June day, I decided to pack up some snacks, my camera, a journal and drive to the St. Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site in Fonda. It is a straight drive east on Route 5. A couple of months earlier, I visited Our Lady of the Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville and made it a goal to visit “the other shrine” in the near future
