3rd Sunday of Easter | 18 April 2021 “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Luke 24:36b-37 Brothers & Sisters, “The peace of the Lord be with you always.” Our hearts long for a deep peace, a peace beyond all understanding. We place our...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the April. 11, 2021
2nd Sunday of Easter | 11 April 2021 “With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all.” – Acts 4:33 Brothers & Sisters, Happy Easter! Regularly proclaimed during the Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles detail the beginnings and rapid growth of...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the April. 4, 2021
Easter Sunday | 4 April 2021 “On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” – John 20:1 Brothers & Sisters, Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen! Alethos Anesti! Truly he is risen! This...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Mar. 28, 2021
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion | 28 March 2021 “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her?” Mark 14:6 Brothers & Sisters, In the Gospel of Mark, as the passion of our Lord, begins, Jesus rebukes his disciples after they witness an anonymous woman break open an alabaster jar of expensive perfume...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Mar. 21, 2021
5th Sunday of Lent, Passiontide | 21 March 2021 “I am troubled now. Yet what should I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” – John 12:27 Brothers & Sisters, I honestly have prayed that this pandemic would pass....
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Mar. 14, 2021
4th Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday | 14 March 2021 And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Mar. 7, 2021
7 March 2021 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. John 2:22 Brothers and Sisters, “Do whatever he tells you.” Anyone who has had to wait to...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Feb. 28, 2021
28 February 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Lent “My little children, your hearts are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer, we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It’s honey that flows into the souls...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Feb. 21, 2021
21 February 2021 – 1st Sunday of Lent “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Brothers and Sisters, “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Lent is all about?!” In the spirit of this quandary, try and recall Charlie Brown’s similar question regarding Christmas,...
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Fr. Mike’s Communication for the Feb. 14, 2021
14 February 2021 Lent 2021 – A Journey Brothers and Sisters, Each Lent, we set upon a short journey, 46 days. We commit to practice prayer, penance, and fasting. As individuals and families, we hope to strengthen our faith, reducing the grip that sin has on our lives, and become more aware of God’s graces....