10th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! For the first time in this book things are not as God commanded. God told Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge in the midst of the garden. This prohibition was to [...]
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! At Mt. Sinai the people of Israel enter into a covenant bond with God. The initiative was God's entirely. Having delivered the people from bondage in Egypt God takes steps to [...]
The Most Holy Trinity My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! At this point the people of Israel have finished their wilderness wandering. They have at last pitched their tents east of the Jordan River. All that remains is to cross over that river into the [...]
Pentecost Sunday My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The apostles received instructions from the Risen Lord over the course of 40 days. This experience has changed them. While awaiting the gift of the Holy Spirit they turned to the Scriptures for inspiration. They [...]
The Ascension of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Luke carries forward his narrative of salvation with this second volume. After “dealing with all that Jesus did and taught” he now turns his attention to the work of the Lord's apostles. [...]
6th Sunday of Easter My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Peter enters the house of a gentile. This is a watershed moment for the apostle. Without God taking the initiative, Peter would not have crossed the threshold of the house of someone “unclean.” But the [...]
5th Sunday of Easter My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! By God’s grace, Paul’s life was changed as he made his way to Damascus. Now he arrives in Jerusalem. This reading records experiences there that will lead to his becoming the apostle to the [...]
4th Sunday of Easter My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Peter and John had healed a lame man. For this, the two apostles and the lame man are taken into custody and held overnight. The next day they stand before the high [...]
3rd Sunday of Easter My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! A man lame from birth has just been healed as Peter and John prayed for him in the name of “Jesus Christ of Nazareth.” As the man, now healed, clings to the [...]
2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Once released from custody, Peter and John return to the community of believers and they all offer up a prayer of thanksgiving to God. After that prayer, the community boldly [...]