Times & Homilies
Padre’s Portion
This weekend's Gospel, the Good Shepherd, always has me reflect on the many mentors in my life. And all of you are mentors in some way or another. Your example of faithfulness to Jesus and to Sacred Heart impels me to serve you even more. However, one mentor when I was young comes to mind because of his relation to our RCIA this year. Tom takes me back to when I was in 7thGrade; he really helped deepen my faith. Tom was a high school friend of my brother-in-law’s who had just gotten out of the Navy and was living with my sister and brother-in-law for a while. Almost every Saturday morning, he would take me to Mass with him. The fun part was he owned a “Vespa” type scooter and would pick me up and off we’d go to Church often having pancakes afterwards. This man’s faith has never wavered, and his example at that early stage of my faith journey, made a deep impression on me. Tom's son travelled through RCIA this year and was confirmed at the Vigil. What a small world!
In the Gospel, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life freely for his sheep. He leads his flock with self-sacrificing love. Those outside his flock do not recognize his voice. But those with faith recognize his voice and follow. This image of the Good Shepherd with its emphasis on gentleness and love is in direct contrast to society’s values of power and competition. Those tied to the values of the world fail to recognize Jesus and reject him. Yet those who hear Jesus’ voice in faith become children of God. I realize in my youth many were responsible for teaching me to hear Jesus’ voice in faith including my parents and Tom and all the good Sisters who taught me.
Also, a couple of weeks ago on First Communion weekend, I shared two different homilies. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. Many of you already know about this relatively new devotion to the Sacred Heart. At Saturday's Vigil Mass I shared about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Pope John Paul II established this weekend in 2000 so we would be specifically reminded of God's mercy. The weekend's Gospel is the story of St. Thomas. Jesus doesn't berate him (or any of the disciples for that fact) but asks him to touch his wounds and believe. The devotion comes to us through a holy nun who was Polish and had extraordinary visions of Jesus, one in the image of Jesus as Divine Mercy with two colorful streams of light coming from his Sacred Heart: white for our baptism, red for the Eucharist, the blood of Jesus. She died on the eve of Russian's invasion of Poland which wiped out the country. The holy woman, Faustina, never knew if Jesus' message got out to the world. But thanks to JPII this devotion has swept the world and offers us a simple way each day to pray for mercy for ourselves, for our families for our world. Prayer cards are in the back of the Church with the prayers. We use the Rosary. This Chaplet has become an international devotion. Check it out.
Here's an abridged story that I read a while back. A tourist on vacation in Scotland was walking along a country road when a storm suddenly came up. Snow and wind howled through the highlands. He noticed several sheep were emerging from the hollows (natural protection) and underneath the trees going out to stand on the bare hillsides, facing the storm. A while later he met the old shepherd and told him that he thought the sheep were the most foolish of all animals because they should stay in the protected areas. The old shepherd replied, "Sir, if you were a sheep, you'd have more sense." The shepherd explained that down in the hollows, snowdrifts came and with it, death. Instinctively, the sheep knew that their only safety was on the open hills, facing the storm. Hmmm. Food for thought?
God Bless
P.S. Thank you for your generosity in the Rice Bowl Lenten collection. Over the weeks, your coins collected $1409.63. God Bless You All!!
This weekend's Gospel, the Good Shepherd, always has me reflect on the many mentors in my life. And all of you are mentors in some way or another. Your example of faithfulness to Jesus and to Sacred Heart impels me to serve you even more. However, one mentor when I was young comes to mind because of his relation to our RCIA this year. Tom takes me back to when I was in 7thGrade; he really helped deepen my faith. Tom was a high school friend of my brother-in-law’s who had just gotten out of the Navy and was living with my sister and brother-in-law for a while. Almost every Saturday morning, he would take me to Mass with him. The fun part was he owned a “Vespa” type scooter and would pick me up and off we’d go to Church often having pancakes afterwards. This man’s faith has never wavered, and his example at that early stage of my faith journey, made a deep impression on me. Tom's son travelled through RCIA this year and was confirmed at the Vigil. What a small world!
In the Gospel, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life freely for his sheep. He leads his flock with self-sacrificing love. Those outside his flock do not recognize his voice. But those with faith recognize his voice and follow. This image of the Good Shepherd with its emphasis on gentleness and love is in direct contrast to society’s values of power and competition. Those tied to the values of the world fail to recognize Jesus and reject him. Yet those who hear Jesus’ voice in faith become children of God. I realize in my youth many were responsible for teaching me to hear Jesus’ voice in faith including my parents and Tom and all the good Sisters who taught me.
Also, a couple of weeks ago on First Communion weekend, I shared two different homilies. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. Many of you already know about this relatively new devotion to the Sacred Heart. At Saturday's Vigil Mass I shared about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Pope John Paul II established this weekend in 2000 so we would be specifically reminded of God's mercy. The weekend's Gospel is the story of St. Thomas. Jesus doesn't berate him (or any of the disciples for that fact) but asks him to touch his wounds and believe. The devotion comes to us through a holy nun who was Polish and had extraordinary visions of Jesus, one in the image of Jesus as Divine Mercy with two colorful streams of light coming from his Sacred Heart: white for our baptism, red for the Eucharist, the blood of Jesus. She died on the eve of Russian's invasion of Poland which wiped out the country. The holy woman, Faustina, never knew if Jesus' message got out to the world. But thanks to JPII this devotion has swept the world and offers us a simple way each day to pray for mercy for ourselves, for our families for our world. Prayer cards are in the back of the Church with the prayers. We use the Rosary. This Chaplet has become an international devotion. Check it out.
Here's an abridged story that I read a while back. A tourist on vacation in Scotland was walking along a country road when a storm suddenly came up. Snow and wind howled through the highlands. He noticed several sheep were emerging from the hollows (natural protection) and underneath the trees going out to stand on the bare hillsides, facing the storm. A while later he met the old shepherd and told him that he thought the sheep were the most foolish of all animals because they should stay in the protected areas. The old shepherd replied, "Sir, if you were a sheep, you'd have more sense." The shepherd explained that down in the hollows, snowdrifts came and with it, death. Instinctively, the sheep knew that their only safety was on the open hills, facing the storm. Hmmm. Food for thought?
God Bless
P.S. Thank you for your generosity in the Rice Bowl Lenten collection. Over the weeks, your coins collected $1409.63. God Bless You All!!
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Padre Portion
This weekend's Gospel, the Good Shepherd, always has me reflect on the many mentors in my life. And all of you are mentors in some way or another. Your example of faithfulness to Jesus and to Sacred Heart impels me to serve you even more. However, one mentor when I was young comes to mind because of his relation to our RCIA this year. Tom takes me back to when I was in 7thGrade; he really helped deepen my faith. Tom was a high school friend of my brother-in-law’s who had just gotten out of the Navy and was living with my sister and brother-in-law for a while. Almost every Saturday morning, he would take me to Mass with him. The fun part was he owned a “Vespa” type scooter and would pick me up and off we’d go to Church often having pancakes afterwards. This man’s faith has never wavered, and his example at that early stage of my faith journey, made a deep impression on me. Tom's son travelled through RCIA this year and was confirmed at the Vigil. What a small world!
In the Gospel, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life freely for his sheep. He leads his flock with self-sacrificing love. Those outside his flock do not recognize his voice. But those with faith recognize his voice and follow. This image of the Good Shepherd with its emphasis on gentleness and love is in direct contrast to society’s values of power and competition. Those tied to the values of the world fail to recognize Jesus and reject him. Yet those who hear Jesus’ voice in faith become children of God. I realize in my youth many were responsible for teaching me to hear Jesus’ voice in faith including my parents and Tom and all the good Sisters who taught me.
Also, a couple of weeks ago on First Communion weekend, I shared two different homilies. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. Many of you already know about this relatively new devotion to the Sacred Heart. At Saturday's Vigil Mass I shared about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Pope John Paul II established this weekend in 2000 so we would be specifically reminded of God's mercy. The weekend's Gospel is the story of St. Thomas. Jesus doesn't berate him (or any of the disciples for that fact) but asks him to touch his wounds and believe. The devotion comes to us through a holy nun who was Polish and had extraordinary visions of Jesus, one in the image of Jesus as Divine Mercy with two colorful streams of light coming from his Sacred Heart: white for our baptism, red for the Eucharist, the blood of Jesus. She died on the eve of Russian's invasion of Poland which wiped out the country. The holy woman, Faustina, never knew if Jesus' message got out to the world. But thanks to JPII this devotion has swept the world and offers us a simple way each day to pray for mercy for ourselves, for our families for our world. Prayer cards are in the back of the Church with the prayers. We use the Rosary. This Chaplet has become an international devotion. Check it out.
Here's an abridged story that I read a while back. A tourist on vacation in Scotland was walking along a country road when a storm suddenly came up. Snow and wind howled through the highlands. He noticed several sheep were emerging from the hollows (natural protection) and underneath the trees going out to stand on the bare hillsides, facing the storm. A while later he met the old shepherd and told him that he thought the sheep were the most foolish of all animals because they should stay in the protected areas. The old shepherd replied, "Sir, if you were a sheep, you'd have more sense." The shepherd explained that down in the hollows, snowdrifts came and with it, death. Instinctively, the sheep knew that their only safety was on the open hills, facing the storm. Hmmm. Food for thought?
God Bless
P.S. Thank you for your generosity in the Rice Bowl Lenten collection. Over the weeks, your coins collected $1409.63. God Bless You All!!
This weekend's Gospel, the Good Shepherd, always has me reflect on the many mentors in my life. And all of you are mentors in some way or another. Your example of faithfulness to Jesus and to Sacred Heart impels me to serve you even more. However, one mentor when I was young comes to mind because of his relation to our RCIA this year. Tom takes me back to when I was in 7thGrade; he really helped deepen my faith. Tom was a high school friend of my brother-in-law’s who had just gotten out of the Navy and was living with my sister and brother-in-law for a while. Almost every Saturday morning, he would take me to Mass with him. The fun part was he owned a “Vespa” type scooter and would pick me up and off we’d go to Church often having pancakes afterwards. This man’s faith has never wavered, and his example at that early stage of my faith journey, made a deep impression on me. Tom's son travelled through RCIA this year and was confirmed at the Vigil. What a small world!
In the Gospel, Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life freely for his sheep. He leads his flock with self-sacrificing love. Those outside his flock do not recognize his voice. But those with faith recognize his voice and follow. This image of the Good Shepherd with its emphasis on gentleness and love is in direct contrast to society’s values of power and competition. Those tied to the values of the world fail to recognize Jesus and reject him. Yet those who hear Jesus’ voice in faith become children of God. I realize in my youth many were responsible for teaching me to hear Jesus’ voice in faith including my parents and Tom and all the good Sisters who taught me.
Also, a couple of weeks ago on First Communion weekend, I shared two different homilies. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. Many of you already know about this relatively new devotion to the Sacred Heart. At Saturday's Vigil Mass I shared about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Pope John Paul II established this weekend in 2000 so we would be specifically reminded of God's mercy. The weekend's Gospel is the story of St. Thomas. Jesus doesn't berate him (or any of the disciples for that fact) but asks him to touch his wounds and believe. The devotion comes to us through a holy nun who was Polish and had extraordinary visions of Jesus, one in the image of Jesus as Divine Mercy with two colorful streams of light coming from his Sacred Heart: white for our baptism, red for the Eucharist, the blood of Jesus. She died on the eve of Russian's invasion of Poland which wiped out the country. The holy woman, Faustina, never knew if Jesus' message got out to the world. But thanks to JPII this devotion has swept the world and offers us a simple way each day to pray for mercy for ourselves, for our families for our world. Prayer cards are in the back of the Church with the prayers. We use the Rosary. This Chaplet has become an international devotion. Check it out.
Here's an abridged story that I read a while back. A tourist on vacation in Scotland was walking along a country road when a storm suddenly came up. Snow and wind howled through the highlands. He noticed several sheep were emerging from the hollows (natural protection) and underneath the trees going out to stand on the bare hillsides, facing the storm. A while later he met the old shepherd and told him that he thought the sheep were the most foolish of all animals because they should stay in the protected areas. The old shepherd replied, "Sir, if you were a sheep, you'd have more sense." The shepherd explained that down in the hollows, snowdrifts came and with it, death. Instinctively, the sheep knew that their only safety was on the open hills, facing the storm. Hmmm. Food for thought?
God Bless
P.S. Thank you for your generosity in the Rice Bowl Lenten collection. Over the weeks, your coins collected $1409.63. God Bless You All!!
Listen and learn from this week's homily:
Ministry Assignments April 7 - July 1
Ministers, please read this letter from Fr. Bob. Thank you!
Special note: If you are unable to serve for an assignment, please find a substitute in advance and notify the office as to who will take your assigned time and date. If you have a need to be removed from the ministry assignments, please contact Shelly in the office. Thank you!
Ministers, please read this letter from Fr. Bob. Thank you!
Special note: If you are unable to serve for an assignment, please find a substitute in advance and notify the office as to who will take your assigned time and date. If you have a need to be removed from the ministry assignments, please contact Shelly in the office. Thank you!
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