Dear Church Family, I’ve been resting in the Sacred Word this week and certainly it’s more than Good News. Alleluia! Let’s take it to heart what the Lord is promising you and me and it will allow us all the more to be fortified in union with Him. So that we may go out and […]
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Mothers’ Sunday
Fr. Bob has asked me to preach today, the Mothers’ Sunday, with particular reference to the way it is celebrated in Nigeria. Over there, their own celebration is slightly different than here. It is not basically giving of cards and flowers to one’s mom and other gifts but much more. It is rather a broader […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Dear Church Family, Last Wednesday, I was sitting in my prayer chair at my little Altar that I have with the Blessed Mother Statue, the Crucifix, the Bible and lots of other little symbols and a candle to especially remind me of the presence of the Good Shepherd. Today, I am resting in the […]
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Dear Church Family, Let’s do something different this week in our private spiritual prayer time. Just rest in a couple of words from the Gospel and see what reflections they give you. The first words are “our hearts burning” we all know as teenagers and even pre-teens that we have some favorite person in our […]
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY 2017)
Dear Church Family, Resurrected people in their attitude, “that’s you, my dear heart,” are this way. Alleluia is your word of awareness of everything that is good and a blessing, especially notice anyone that is manifesting Resurrection Spirit. “My dear heart,” last Wednesday a man came for energy assistance with no hands but he was […]
EASTER SUNDAY 2017
Dear Risen Church Family, I allowed myself to be engulfed with wonderful spiritual feelings of joy, victory and hope, even in the mist of all the trouble in our society and in our lives. The other night I entered into the Passion of Christ by watching historically the struggle of African Americans in the Pre-Civil […]
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
To you Church Family members, to all of your families and friends, may you have a spirit filled Holy Week. We start today with the waving of the palms, giving praise and honor to God. With proclamation of the Passion we will start meditating on what our Lord has done for us. He sacrificed His […]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2017
Dear Church Family, All week long I’ve been praying for healing especially, for all those whom we anointed. It was such a sign of hope and courage, especially for my friend Fr. Bob Bousaubin, who was associate pastor at St. Rose and then pastor at St. Engelbert’s He was so very much around our North […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2017
In our Gospel today, Christ heals the man born blind. Jesus tells His disciples that this man’s disability is not because of his or his parent’s sinfulness but rather to be able to show the goodness of God in Jesus’ healing of him. Oh, how we are always ready to accuse or blame or find […]
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – 2017
Dear Church Family, You who are journeying with me in a special way during this Lenten Season I want you to know I really enjoyed the Gospel today. As we journey into this third week of Lent, in my reflection I have an interpretation that might be the right interpretation or just one of many […]