For those of you who live in the State of Washington, this is a call to action. I heard an elected official recently said: “If the state is the body, the church is the soul.” That sums up well the desire of people of faith to work with the state, Read more…
Homily begins at 1:47:00 in the video below, and you can read the homily below the video. Happy Easter! As our Liturgy tonight suggests, there is something new and unheard of that happened in the resurrection of Jesus. As his earthly ministry was a fulfillment of all that Read more…
The homily for this year’s Good Friday service is below, and begins in the video at the 44:30 mark. Last night, we celebrated the Last Supper and the great mandate of Jesus to his disciples to humbly serve one another. Later, in the great Priestly Prayer found in John’s Gospel, Read more…
During today’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis spoke spontaneously about the importance to clear the clutter of our hearts during this Holy Week. He gives the comparison of regularly cleaning out our closets and giving away to the poor the things we no longer need or use. Read more…
Our Lenten journey began with the words: Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. The third Luminous mystery of the rosary sums it up well by saying Jesus came proclaiming the Good News and the conversion of life. Lenten is often referred to as the retreat of Read more…