Luke’s Gospel, written toward the end of the first century, was mainly meant for Christians who had not witnessed Christ in the flesh. Luke tells us that we can meet and experience the risen Lord through the reading and interpretation of Scripture (v. 27), and the...
A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep through a storm." This puzzled the farmer...
Sr. Faustina : The Image of The Divine Mercy represents the risen Christ whose hands and feet bear the marks of the Crucifixion. When asked about the meaning of the rays from His pierced Heart, Jesus explained, "The pale ray stands for the Water which...
EASTER SUNDAY MASS : APRIL 12, 2020 : IN HONOR OF FIRST RESPONDERS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL - Msgr. Michael Mannion- Chaplain, CCPD ”And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and grew gardens...
Eternal Father, the whole world has stopped spinning for awhile. The noise that we all have created was silenced. We bend our knees once again and ask for a miracle. Our churches are closed and we realize how dark our world is without You in it. You humble the proud...