Category: Domestic Church
Over the last few days I have read two great books by Jay Y. Kim. They were Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age and Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age. A short summary of both is that “Church” and “Christianity” are inherently analog, and need to be lived person to person, and face to face. Digital/Online/Video/Podcast are all good tools, but we can’t get away from the fact that we are called to be a community. We are called to witness and support each other in our growth in our faith. You should get them in paperback (real analog) and give them a read.
In today’s Gospel (Mk 5:21-43) we hear about the wonderful miracle of saving Jairus’s daughter. What could be more wonderful than bringing a child back from death?
I know many people worry about loved one who have either fallen away from the church, or have never had a relationship with God. If you fall in this category, I hope you listen to this weekend’s Gospel (Mk 4:26-34). Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds in a field. Once this is done, it is the seed itself that does the work. Even in our age of science, it can seem like a mystery how a seed can fall in the earth, they grow into a full plant with its own seeds.
In today’s Gospel (Mt 28:16-20), Jesus teaches the remaining 11 apostles how to baptize the faithful. He also tells them that they must continue their relationship with the newly baptized, “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” It doesn’t matter if the newly baptized person is an adult or a baby, they need people to help them understand, and live out the Gospel message.
I would like to wish all of the Mother’s of the world, past, present and future, a Happy Mother’s Day. I will say a prayer for you tonight.
Blessed St. Joseph, patron of all working people, obtain for me the grace to labor in a spirit of penance for the atonement of my many sins. Help me to be conscientious in my work so that I may give as full a measure as I have received.
Today is the Third Sunday of Easter in the Roman Catholic Church. We read one of my one of my favorite Gospels, Luke 24:13-35, also known as the story of the Road to Emmaus. The story where two disciples of Jesus, leaving Jerusalem…
Over the last few months my 34 month old daughter has really been into pretending she is a superhero. Somewhere along the line she picked up the Golden Age Superman stance and she will say “Super Natalie is here to…
While technically March 19th is St. Joseph’s Day, because it landed on a Sunday this year the solemnity was moved to Monday in the USA. No matter what day the feast of St Joe is celebrated on, it is an impotent feast in our family.
Today is Ash Wednesday. I had a few too many Pączki yesterday (well purists would say what I had were just filled doughnuts, but they did their jobs), and today I am trying to remember that I need to fast and…
