"...if one act of love from one person can have an affect on so many…imagine what one LIFE full of compassion…coming from an entire parish family…can do for the dangerous streets of the world with which we live in"
Christ in the Midst or Tragedy and Despair
If it has not already, the turbulence of life will eventually catch up to everyone that is sitting here today. And in the midst of grief, if we have not learned to put our complete trust and life in God, nothing will be clear. But if we train ourselves to keep calm…and say, “Lord have mercy”, we will be given the grace to go through life and take whatever comes…because we know that the presence of our Lord has overcome the world.
He did not come to save us from sickness and death…but rather THROUGH sickness and death…and this knowledge will give us the strength to face the trials of life with peace.
Hometown Apostleship
"We may never be called to raise the dead or exercise demons. We may never receive the notoriety of being a passionate saint for Christ. But we should never forget that all great kingdoms are built one small brick at a time. It is when each of these bricks is thoughtfully and carefully placed in just the right spot according to plan that the building begins to take shape. After enough bricks have been laid, the building is complete. It is the same for God’s kingdom on earth. Each of us supplies a single brick that will eventually be part of that great kingdom. And just as the brick does not tell the mason where it wants to go, so too should we be willing to be used as God sees fit, for after all, it is His kingdom that we are building, and not our own."
Re-Defining Success
The Necessary Fertilizer
Why is it, that we have such a difficult time cultivating our spiritual lives on the good soil? It is because living a true Christian life is hard…and we have to do things in life that from the worldly perspective that stink. But any farmer will tell you that in order to have a good crop, sometimes you have to put fertilizer on it. And although that fertilizer stinks, it ultimately it bears the best fruit possible