We value community, family, work, and spiritual nourishment as ways that draw us closer to God. We also struggle with such things as crime, racism, family stress, underemployment, and materialism, all of which make it more difficult to live peaceful lives. If you share our values or our struggles, then join us at one of our weekend services. If you prefer, give us a call. We will be glad to hear from you!
A friend of mine, a father of two sons and two daughters, says his quiet time is at the end of the day when everyone else has gone to bed. He cleans the kitchen, lights two candles on the island, and then sits and reads or prays or writes. A retired [...]
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My Lenten includes a powerful book entitled By Way of Grace. The author is Paula Huston. The subtitle is “Moving from Faithfulness to Holiness, Eight Virtues that Open the Heart to God.” In the chapter on Justice, The Art of Forgiving, she writes “…when we live in justice, we also [...]
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Earlier this week all the children from the primary campus of NCA gathered in the parking lot to watch the palms from last year’s Palm Sunday celebration be burnt and turned into the ashes that we signed people with on Ash Wednesday. This was the first time I had ever witnessed or [...]
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Lent begins on Wednesday. It seems that we just finished our Christmas caroling. Where does the time go? It is clear that too many of us, myself included, are so scheduled that we don’t take time to just “be,” to reflect, to reach deeper into our spiritual core. Perhaps [...]
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When we were growing up, my parents made my brothers and me all take lessons on a musical instrument of our choosing for a year. If we exhibited any talent we were expected to continue. If not, we could give it all up after the year. My brother Phil chose [...]
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This weekend my words are being replaced by those of Cardinal George encouraging us to support the Annual Catholic Appeal. Please read them and the insert in the bulletin and prayerfully determine your level of involvement next week.
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Annual Catholic Appeal 2007 A Time For Reflection [...]
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How hard it is to trust someone. Lovie Smith stuck with Rex Grossman for the entire season despite all the nay-sayers and a few pretty bad performances. But to see them embrace at the end of the championship game — teacher and student, coach and player, friend and [...]
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I wrote these words just an hour or so after sitting in the dentist’s chair having a crown replaced on my front tooth. As he was working on me, I got to reflecting on St. Paul’s description of the Body of Christ, today’s second reading. Since the dentist was not using [...]
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Back before the invention of in-line roller blades, a group of us priests decided to go roller skating along the lakefront on our day off. (Yes, the image this created in your mind when you read it is unfortunately accurate.) The last time I had skated was when I was 10 [...]
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The Magi may have been “wise men”but they were far from perfect. First of all, they take off on a journey neither knowing where they are going nor just what they are going to find when they get there. Because of their uncertainty, they are the last ones to arrive at [...]
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