My Dear Friends, Today we bring our liturgical year to a close with the Solemnity of Christ the King. The primary question I always ask the faithful on this day is this: “Does Christ reign in your heart?” Not part of it, not on certain days of the week, but does he completely reign in …
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My Dear Friends, Beauty speaks of the Divine. Have you ever invited a guest into Little Flower and seen their expression when they behold the majesty of our church for the first time? Last year, there was a young lady who had just arrived from Cuba whom I took into the church …
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My Dear Friends, It is such a blessing to be a witness to so many miracles of love in our parish. Yes, we gather together every Sunday to behold the miracle of the Eucharist where Christ becomes really present at the altar, but that spurs so many of our parishioners to go and perform miracles …
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My Dear Friends, The Catholic tradition of offering Masses for our loved ones, especially those who have died, can be traced to the beginnings of the Catholic Church. In the Eucharist we are united in a unique way with the faithful departed and the Communion of Saints. Why do we offer Masses for our loved …
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Father Manny asked Father Andrew to publish his homily from last weekend in today’s bulletin: There is always far more going on than meets the eye. A great benefit in our modern era has been the advance of science allowing us to peer into the mysteries of the universe both far beyond us in the cosmos …
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My Dear Friends, This coming Saturday, October 22 is the Feast of Pope Saint John Paul II. I thought it would be fitting to revisit some of his most famous sayings and quotes so that we may take them to prayer this week. Each of them is a gem that we could meditate on for …
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My Dear Friends, Last week, I asked the children at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, “what is one way that we can increase our faith?” One of the kids said, “pray more,” while another said, “go to Mass,” and then one child said, “pray the rosary!” Little did this young man know that I already had …
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My Dear Friends, “So what happens now?” Last June, the Supreme Court finally overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that so many of us had worked and prayed long and hard to see overturn. On this first Respect Life Sunday of a Post-Roe world, we can’t help but ask the question, “what happens now?” Abortion …
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My Dear Friends, A thank you card that I was not expecting is the inspiration for today’s column. The Serra Club sent me a card to thank the parish for starting up the Vocations Chalice that I described in last week’s bulletin. The Serra Club has been promoting vocations for years in our Archdiocese and …
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