Asking Questions About Our Faith

Last night we had another gathering for our Young Adult Group.  For those unfamiliar with the group, we started the group in January and it is open to any young adult (Eighteen – thirty-something) Catholic in the Tompkins County Area.  It is meant to be both social, giving our Catholic Young Adults a chance to …

Continue reading ‘Asking Questions About Our Faith’ »

Homily – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1 Galatians 3:26-29 Luke 9:18-24 June 23, 2013 What defines who we are? If someone asks you about yourself, what do you tell them?  Do you tell them about your job?  How about your family?  How about your hobbies?  How about your faith? Which of these …

Continue reading ‘Homily – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C’ »

Finding God in the Busyness

What a week!  I’ve been busy going here and there.  It’s the last week of school so I’ve been at the school a lot.  There was the final visits of the year to the classrooms on Monday.  (Pre-K celebrations were last week)  On Tuesday morning there was the Kindergarten celebration.  Yesterday (Thursday) was the final School …

Continue reading ‘Finding God in the Busyness’ »

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – Homily

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Galatians 2:16, 19-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 June 16, 2013 Like all of us, the Jews of Jesus’ time had their “rules and customs.”  The Pharisees were among the experts on this. One of these Pharisees invites Jesus to dine with him, perfectly acceptable behavior.  Who …

Continue reading ‘11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – Homily’ »

Follow-Up and the Week in Review

Last week I posted a survey here (if you haven’t seen it, check out last week’s article at http://renewaloffaith.org/blog/?p=1100).  So far, fifteen people have completed the survey.  I will leave the survey open for another week and then post the results here.  So far the comments are good and encouraging. This week was a short week …

Continue reading ‘Follow-Up and the Week in Review’ »