TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – A 20 “We are only as free as our ability to forgive. “ That is not a quote from the bible. It is a quote from a holy priest friend of mine. Yet it holds a great truth FROM the Bible. Let us talk about that in considering today’s … Continue reading A Powerful Homily On Forgiveness

From a letter by Saint Peter Claver, priestTo preach the Gospel to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim pardon to captives Yesterday, May 30, 1627, on the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, numerous blacks, brought from the rivers of Africa, disembarked from a large ship. Carrying two baskets of oranges, lemons, sweet … Continue reading St. Peter Claver, Slave of Slaves, Who We Celebrate Today, Pray For Us!

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – A 20 “Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Within this general mandate of the Lord to the apostles in today’s gospel, there is the other specific mandate which Christ … Continue reading Homily – The Sacrament of Confession, Why?

PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE COMPENDIUMOF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINEOF THE CHURCH TO HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL IIMASTER OF SOCIAL DOCTRINE ANDEVANGELICAL WITNESSTO JUSTICE AND PEACE The portion below is a small part of the compendium but very important as Pope St. John Paul II so eloquently stated and I paraphrase - As the … Continue reading From –

The Confessions of Saint Augustine, bishopO Eternal Truth, true love and beloved eternity Urged to reflect upon myself, I entered under your guidance the innermost places of my being; but only because you had become my helper was I able to do so. I entered, then, and with the vision of my spirit, such as … Continue reading St. Augustine, Doctor of Grace, Pray For Us!!!!

Sermon Does it not strike you as a surprising fact that Catholic parents so often urge their children to do what is asked of them from merely human motives and that everything about their homes tends to nourish ambition and luxury? They tell them how such and such a man of obscure birth has made … Continue reading On The Education Of Children

“Do not conform yourselves to this age,” cries St. Paul. Saint Paul knows human nature.  He knows that conformity is a deep-seated need within each of us.   As young children, we conform to the values of our parents as set in the home.  As teenagers, however, another set of values are presented to us and there is a strong need to conform … Continue reading Do Not Conform Yourselves

Applying Catholics' Preeminent Obligation whenVoting in the November 3, 2020 General Election The Catholic Bishops in Pa. - and throughout the United States -have repeatedly proclaimed the preeminent obligation of Catholicsregarding voting is the protection of human life from conception untilnatural death. (These statements are available atpittsburghcatholic.org/News/a-call-to-faithful-citizenship-and-respect-for-life.) We offer this Declaration to urge our fellow … Continue reading Applying Catholics’ Preeminent Obligation When Voting in the November 3, 2020 General Election

I wanted to share this with you. I plan to meet with Joe N. on a weekly basis now and invite you to join us. God Bless you and keep praying - faith, hope and charity!!!! For those that do not know - Joe N. is a St. Pius X adult faith formation leader and … Continue reading THANK YOU!

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