“In the gospel, Jesus tells us that to be a Christian is not to have a ‘label’ but to live and testify to faith in prayer, in works of charity, in the promotion of justice, in doing good,”
This open letter highlights the threat to conscience posed by the Administration's mandate that almost all employers cover contraception, sterilization and abortifacient drugs and devices in their health insurance plans. As the signatories write, freedom of religion goes beyond mere freedom of worship and extends to believers' roles as citizen and employer.
Performance by Servant's Heart
The whole parish is invited!
It’s Free!
Bring the entire family!
Doors open 6:00 pm
Concert 7 - 9 pm
Food & Drinks will be available for purchase.
When you are confirmed, the Holy Spirit pours out on you two kinds of gifts — sanctifying and charismatic gifts — reflecting those twin purposes of God. Which gifts do we get to keep? Which gifts are given to give away to others?
Fr. W. Scott Blick is a priest of the U.S./Canadian Anglican Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and has full faculties to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
The small ones turn out to be mighty while the mighty are fallen. It is the secret agents of the world who hold the key to final victory. The hidden soul who overturns the power of evil is the essential theme of The Lord of the Rings, and this theme is echoed in the gospel and in the little saint of Lisieux who writes, ‘To find a thing hidden, we must be hidden ourselves; so our life must be a mystery.’
I distinctly remember going to Eucharistic adoration one morning a few years ago with a sincere desire to be still and listen. I usually have too much “noise” in my life and I wanted to offer up my burdens in prayer to our Lord, ask for help, and patiently listen for his response. I was in the chapel for five minutes and I was already in trouble!