Hi again, parish family! When you’ve spent time with God in prayer, does it ever seem or feel like we’re the ones doing all the work? We feel like we’re the ones doing all the talking & we wonder if God is there &, if He’s there, is He even listening? We feel like we’re praying & praying, we’re putting in all this time & effort towards our relationship with God & sometimes it seems like we aren’t being met with an equal response from God.

In this week’s column, I wanted to continue sharing with you about the Eucharistic Revival. Last week we talked about the why & this week I wanted to look at the what. As much as this Revival is a universal revival that is going to be happening at every parish, how it happens will vary from parish to parish, so I wanted to share with you some of the ideas that were floated around...

Mother’s Day Blessings to all of our mothers, grandmothers, & those who have been mother’s to us. We remember in our prayers too all those mothers who’ve lost children, those who’ve suffered miscarriages, & all those who long to be mothers, but either can’t or haven’t been able to.

Last weekend, on Good Shepherd Sunday, I shared with you my vocation story, how I heard the voice of the Good Shepherd in God calling me to the Priesthood. The Good Shepherd’s voice is a voice that we are all called to hear & as we enter into this new month of May, I’d invite us to pray in a special way for those who have heard God’s call as I did.

On the Tuesday of Holy Week many of the priests of the Diocese gathered downtown with Bishop Malesic for the Chrism Mass at which all the Holy Oils that we use during the year were blessed & consecrated. Before the Mass, as has been the tradition for many years now, we gathered together with the Bishop for prayer & a meal.