A Description of My Catholic Faith

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 22, 2017

By Father Thomas McCabe

I was about age 14 when I went to my first sleepover at my friend’s house. Before walking out the door my Dad put his hands on my shoulders, looked me in the eyes

Two Things

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 15, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

Firstly, I have reprinted an article below from the online Catholic News Agency on the North American Martyrs (also known as Canadian Martyrs; St. Isaac Jogues and

Why Sunday Mass?

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 1, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

“Would it be all right for me to come to Mass during the week in place of going to Mass on Sunday   or Saturday evening?” When I have heard this question, I have found that

Friendship

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, September 24, 2017

By Father Thomas McCabe

After beginning a new friendship one realizes that there are levels and degrees of friendship.  You can spend time with this friend on a leisurely basis only, like sports, but

I’ll be Away for the Weekend

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 17, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

“I’ll be away for the weekend and I don’t know if I can’t get to (Saturday night) Sunday Mass?” I have gotten this question many times over the years. I am blessed to get this

Work

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 3, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

As we celebrate the national holiday of Labor Day, my thoughts naturally go to the topic of work. Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of

Roots of Racism

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 27, 2017

By Father Thomas McCabe

How did we inherit such terrible sins as racism and slavery? The Bible gives insight. We read in the Old Testament how Goliath, a towering Philistine, and David, a ruddy

After the Our Father

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 20, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

After we pray the “Our Father” together at Mass, the instructions in the Roman Missal (the book the priest uses for Mass) says: “With hands extended, the priest continues

The Transfiguration

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – August 6, 2017

By Father Thomas McCabe

God calls each of us to share in his mission in some particular way, so that we might share in his glory, which gives him greater glory since he works his power through

The Our Father —Continued (Part 6)

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 30, 2017

By Father Peter Richards

Continuing to look at the “Our Father”, let’s focus today on the petition “and lead us not into temptation.”