Dcn. Dave Etters reminds us that extraordinary times call for extraordinary faith!  We, like the Apostles, are sent into the storm, on mission, for as John Augustus Shedd explained, “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

Today, in the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus reveals the super-abundance of God to provide for His people, and when we recognize we have needs that we cannot ourselves satisfy, we can learn to depend on supernatural gifts from God rather than our own power or our worldly desires or feelings of unworthiness. Fr. John … Continued

If God presented you with the same offer as he did Solomon in today’s 1st reading, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you,” for what would you ask?  Would you ask for an understanding heart of the ways of God?   Fr. Chas’ Audio Homily:  

Fr. Brian encourages us to look at ourselves through the lens of life, death, and judgment, helping us to better order our lives towards God and seek to be better than just “good enough.”