Have a Holy and Blessed Triduum!

The Triduum wraps up our Holy Week!  It begins on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Last Supper, Good Friday service (no Mass) and Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) Did you know that the Triduum is a 3 in 1?  Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday;  at the Mass of...

Palm Sunday and Holy Week

Hosanna to the King of Kings!  Hope everyone had a beautiful Palm Sunday!  I love this start to Holy Week!  I have memories of playing the organ at St. Elizabeth’s church as a middle/high school student.  Fr. Ed always had me play a rousing rendition of The King...

The Season of Lent; Ash Wednesday

We begin Lent today with Ash Wednesday! Today we receive ashes on our forehead and are reminded that we are dust and to dust we shall return and or repent and return to the Lord!  It is a day of fast and abstinence for those of us who are of the age to fast and...

Happy and Blessed St. Valentines Day!

Being that Valentines Day is about love, I thought I would share some of my favorite Scriptures on love. Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d5it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not...

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

These are some of my reflections on the 1st reading and the Gospel for today! Reading 1IS 58:7-10 Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own....

Time saving devices

Just a few thoughts on time saving devices.  These reflections came to me as our home for children is close to full, and I have office, household and children to care for.  At times my thoughts have gone to my Grandma Headley.  My mom was raised on a large farm.  Due...