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Dear Parish Family, This week, I will be back at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, where I served on the faculty for the last four years just before coming here in late June. I am returning there to finish the very last component of a pontifical degree called the Licentiate in Sacred Theology … Continued
After Peter’s great confession of faith Jesus takes his disciples by surprise, he announces that he “must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.” After correcting Peter’s protest, Jesus announces the three conditions of Christian discipleship: “Deny … Continued
Most of us are familiar with the TV games who want to be a millionaire, or deal or no deal? It all depends on the right answer and right choice you make. Your future will totally change, if you have the right answer.
Dear Parish Family, At last Sunday’s homily, I spoke of the importance of having moments of silence not just at Mass, but in our daily lives as well. I asked you to give silence a try sometime during the week. Have you been able to do so? Silence is the language in which God … Continued
A Canaanite woman comes out of the gentile territory in search of Jesus with the hope that only Jesus can heal her daughter who was possessed with demons (Matt. 15:21-28). The woman’s faith is also shown in her persistence with Jesus. She is not easily dissuaded, even when Jesus refers to throwing the “children’s” (the … Continued