The Gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Many of you may have seen my presentation recorded in January on the story of my faith journey.  One small part in that presentation was a mention of the first time I went to the Sacrament of Reconciliation after my return to church.  From that there were a couple of questions about how we confess …

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Young Adults: Our Present and Our Future

Today I attended a workshop on Young Adult Ministry called “Building Bridges to Young Adults” by Joan Weber of the Center for Ministry Development.  The goal of this workshop was to help the participants like myself find ways to serve our young adult Catholics by becoming better aware of their perspective in life, and help them …

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Hearing Our Call to Care About Others

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1–11 February 10, 2013 It isn’t easy to be a disciple of Jesus.  When Peter realized it was Jesus standing with them, he felt so unworthy to be with Jesus, that he asked Jesus to leave them.  Jesus tells him do …

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God is Love. We are Created to Love

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Luke 4:21-30 February 3, 2013 Our reading today from Paul is probably the most often picked second reading for weddings.  Sometimes, I think couples just pick it because it has the word “love” in it a lot.  It used six times but …

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