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Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Good Shepherd Sunday! Moms (including stepmoms, Godmothers, care-givers, aunts who are like second moms, and all the other possible mom-like roles out there), what do you have in common with a shepherd, particularly a shepherd of the middle east, a couple of millennia ago? You might, understandably, think, “Not a … Continued
Resurrection from the Pandemic! Dear Parish Family, Though we were able to celebrate Holy Week liturgies last year, many were still leery about whether or not they should come back to Mass. As we exit from two years of Covid restrictions, this will be for many of us the first Easter Mass in two years! … Continued
Lent, O Lent, Where Didst Thou Go? Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – the beginning of Holy Week! With Easter only a week away, it seems as though Lent just flew by this year, even though there are a few days left to go (Lent officially ends when the Mass of the Lord’s Supper … Continued
This Sunday’s gospel reading is of the woman caught in adultery. I’d like to offer a couple of thoughts about how the decision made by Jesus in this gospel applied right at the moment of Jesus’ ministry, as well as how it applies right now. Adultery is a serious sin, to be sure, and on … Continued
Happy Laetare Sunday! Rejoice! I was quite excited to see that this weekend’s 2nd reading is from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians as that’s what our instructor just recently led us through in the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan Year Two class that my husband and I have been attending this past year. … Continued