Our Easter service just ended, and I was at the back of the sanctuary so I could greet parishioners as they exited. I just finished saying, “Go in peace; serve the Lord,” when an usher urgently handed me a cordless phone: “Pastor, it’s Paul and he’s only got 15 minutes.” My ...
CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having their meeting in Carlin Hall at 6 p.m. Monday. There will be no Mass that evening. They will have a guest speaker from "Choices Pregnancy.” Healing Connections group Join others who have experienced a loss. Gain strength and comfort from those walking a similar path, drawing on information and support while working through your own journey of grief. The Spring Healing Connections Group will be meeting at Living Word on Thursday evenings from 4:30-6 p.m for an 8-week session, starting Thursday, ...
The coming of Spring and "the events we remember and honor during Holy Week,” leading to "a joyous story on Easter morning,” were the subjects of Randy Krzmarzick's Good Friday column (4/3/26). I liked his choice of the words from John 1:1-5. He particularly referred to verse 5: "And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness has not overcome it,” stating that the darkness of Good Friday did not diminish the light of Jesus. Toward the end of his column Randy wrote: "Life here is always a paradox. Imperfect people created by a perfect God." In the beginning God did ...
Lost in the mystically beautiful and heartbreakingly tragic story of Holy Week is a facet I think all too often gets overshadowed by the joy of Christ’s resurrection. Please don’t misunderstand me: I’m not saying that Jesus rising from the grave to conquer sin and death on this earth ...
During this season of Lent, culminating with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we’ve had multiple opportunities to reflect on and read about His life plus verbally sharing an Easter greeting with those we encounter from day-to-day. It is also evident, that just because we believe in Christ, we still are far from what our spiritual potential is. The devils believe in Jesus Christ, but they don’t follow nor do they want us to follow Him either. (see James 2:19) We would find further insights of this eternal battle, if one peruses “The Screwtape Letters,” by ...
OK, put down your stones, and hear me out! … This is a trust fall from afar. I’m embarrassed to share that until recently I found myself struck by competing emotions over this year’s Holy Week, which begins March 29 with Palm Sunday. Dwelling on our church’s Easter week services, ...
