TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – C “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”  Luke 14 The point of my homily is that the issue of pride and humility is much larger than the simple humble protocol we should follow as a guest at the … Continue reading Pride Goes Before The Fall

Knot Still Tied? We can see with our eyes how they stand tuxedo and gown, before all, hand in hand and hear with our ears each I do and see, over time, precious lives that ensue from the two become one -- the striking alikeness of daughters and sons with laughter and labor healing and … Continue reading Our Lady, Untier of Knots, Pray for US!

OREMUS COMMUNICATIONS AUGUST 2019 NEWSLETTER Greetings everyone.  It seems like yesterday when we wrote the July newsletter in early in the month, and spoke of many events to take place.   Well, many events did take place, and much more is going to happen in the month of August.  So let's get started. At the … Continue reading Oremus Communications August 2019 Newsletter

OREMUS COMMUNICATIONS JULY 2019 NEWSLETTER Hello everyone. Like other months, there are a number of religious developments which took place in the month of June. One such event was the "Religious Freedom Awareness Week" on June 22-29, 2019, sponsored by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).   In some parts of the world, freedom … Continue reading Oremus Communications July 2019 Newsletter

Meditations on the Five Sorrowful Mysteries Taken from the “Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska – Divine Mercy in My Soul”1 First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden Paragraph 1053 – Holy Thursday, 3/25/37 - During Holy Mass, I saw the Lord, who said to me, Lean your head on My breast and rest. … Continue reading Meditations on the Five Sorrowful Mysteries Taken from the “Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska – Divine Mercy in My Soul”1

OREMUS COMMUNICATIONS JUNE 2019 NEWSLETTER Hello everyone. The month of May and the end of April were full of spiritual activities meant to bring us closer to our Father in Heaven. On Saturday, April 27, the "Be a Man Catholic Men's Conference" took place in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Among the notable speakers, was the hard charging leader … Continue reading Oremus Communications June 2019 Newsletter

Guest Columnist Bernie Long writes - Three stories led me to write this piece. 1. Harvard or Heaven At a Malvern Retreat I met a man who told me he had a son who went to Harvard. His son had gone to high school at St. Josephs Prep in Philadelphia and then he was accepted … Continue reading Harvard or Heaven; It’s one thing they can never take away from you; Beg borrow or steal

SATURDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF OUR OWN HOLINESS “…No one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father…..” Recently someone asked me why he wasn’t making progress in the spiritual life.  I told him “We are not in control of our own holiness.”  … Continue reading A Homily on Holiness

SATURDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER A couple weeks ago while praying the psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours, I don’t know what I read that made me think of Charles Dickens’s famous first lines of A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens described the turbulent times in London and Paris at the time … Continue reading A Pro Life Homily

OREMUS COMMUNICATIONS MAY 2019 NEWSLETTER Hello everyone. The recent events in Sri Lanka make it difficult to sound positive at the beginning of our newsletter this month. The loss of life and the number of injuries resulting from a series of terrorist bombs was horrendous. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and … Continue reading Oremus Communications May 2019 Newsletter