Reflections

LENT

By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread, Until you return to the ground from which you were taken; For you are dust and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3:19 Ash Wednesday opens up the season of Lent and this year it will be on March 6, 2019. It is a reminder

3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)

Good morning brothers and sisters! Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent. It is called Gaudete Sunday. Today, the priest-celebrant will be wearing rose colored vestments. Gaudete is the Latin word for “Rejoice.” In his 2014 Gaudete Sunday homily, Pope Francis said that Gaudete Sunday is known as the “Sunday of joy,” and that instead

Behind The Sins

In life’s stage, we are all actors before God and men. The script about our journey to Heaven has already been written down by God. As we perform, we must not be too concerned with how we are doing before the other actors, because it is for God, our real Audience, to whom we are

Sunday is the foremost Holy Day of Obligation of the Universal Church

Good morning brothers and sisters. It has truly been a blessed weekend. I have attached a link to the Magisterium’s website in regards to our observance of Sundays as the foremost Holy Day of Obligation. I continue to pray for all our brethren in our community to enrich and strengthen our Faith by getting to

All Souls Day

Good morning brothers and sisters. Let us all pray for the souls of our dearly departed today. Let us also use this day as a reminder that we all too shall pass from this life one day and we hope that our loved ones on earth will continue to pray, give alms to the poor

The Solemnity of All Saints

Good morning brothers and sisters.  Just a gentle reminder to us all that today is a Holy Day of Obligation. Let us pray today. Almighty ever-living God, By whose gift we venerate in one celebration the merits of all the Saints, bestow on us, we pray, through the prayers of so many intercessors, an abundance of the reconciliation with you for

OF SAINTS, SINNERS & THE DIVINE MERCY

Success is half determined by capacity, the other half by self-identity. Blu’s capacity for flight has always been there. He only needed to claim & own his real identity. With the help and inspiration of Jewel, he raised his consciousness to his true calling- a bird meant to soar high up in the heavens! On