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MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 52nd WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS 26 APRIL 2015 – FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Theme: Exodus, a fundamental experience of vocation Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Fourth Sunday of Easter offers us the figure of the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep: he calls them, he feeds them and he …
Can We Please Pursue Spiritual Excellence At Least as Hard as We Do for Sports and Academics? Fr. Bill Peckman – July 21, 2018 Anything we deem as important, we usually will try to master. You see this with athletes. They will alter exercise routines, nourishment, and upend their schedule to grow better at a sport. You …
Introduction to the Liturgy Paragraphs from the Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 15 1110 In the liturgy of the Church, God the Father is blessed and adored as the source of all the blessings of creation and salvation with which he has blessed us in his Son, in …
Read moreFrom the Rector/Catechesis Lesson, The Baptism of the Lord, January 9, 2022
Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit 1830 The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy 1831 The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of …
Read moreFrom the Rector/Catechesis, Second Sunday of Advent, 12/4/2022
The Role of the Sponsor or Godparent It is an ancient custom in the Church that no one enters Baptism without a godparent, a member of the Christian community who will assist him at least in the final preparation for baptism and after baptism will help him persevere in the faith and in his life …
Read moreFrom the Rector: The Role of the Sponsor or Godparent
Prudence CCC 1806 Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; “the prudent man looks where he is going.” “Keep sane and sober for your prayers.” Prudence is “right reason in action,” writes St. Thomas Aquinas, following Aristotle. …
Read moreFrom the Rector/Catechesis, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 10/23/22