This year, the Feast of the Visitation falls on Tuesday followed shortly thereafter by the Great Feast of Pentecost next Sunday June 5th. That timing might help us reflect on how important both the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit both are in our life in Christ. To pull those both together, I like […]
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To continue reflections on the saints of May, last Sunday (May 15th) was the feast of St. Isidore the Farmer. Since some of our parishioners are still active farmers, it would be good to know more about the patron saint of this way of life. Like St. Damien whom I wrote about last week, Isidore
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Start with prayer. Include time in your daily morning prayers to petition for evangelization opportunities. Pray for fortitude, courage, and wisdom, and keep your spiritual eyes peeled. Start looking for things to share in your daily spiritual reading. Be ready to share your spiritual life with others. Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and
We don’t always think as much about the saints as we should. I think that might change down the road. That’s because the Archbishop’s current plan under the Beacons of Light pastoral initiative is eventually to make a single parish out of the “families of parishes” (FOPs) being implemented this July. The timetable isn’t definite,
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The third law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization is: Be enthusiastic. When you share the good news, you are giving someone the priceless gift of salvation. It is impossible not to be enthusiastic about that! Terry explains in his book that the Greek
When I was very young, there was a TV sitcom my family used to watch called “My Three Sons,” starring Fred MacMurray as a widower raising three boys. I don’t have any sons of course but in the month of May I like to think of how grateful I am for “My Three Mothers.” That’s
Continuing with Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization. The second law of evangelization says: Keep him or her saying yes. It is essential to find common ground when sharing your faith. A great way to do this is by asking questions or making statements that
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