The Feast of Corpus Christi has always meant a great deal to me. Celebrating the presence of Christ in the Eucharist is an opportunity to not only express our tremendous gratitude to God but to also recognize what unites us as Catholics. It has been my privilege to receive the Eucharist in a Village Church …
READINGS: ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 2: 1-11; I COR. 12: 3b-7, 12-13; JOHN 20:19-23. Pentecost is often celebrated as the ‘birthday of the Church’ which is true but only a partial recognition of what this day is about. We hear in today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles about the Pentecost event when early …
“God’s Providence is in all things, it’s always present.” — Saint Gianna Beretta Molla On this Mother’s Day, there does not seem to be a more fitting woman for our staff, board members, and Mission Doctors to look to than Saint Gianna Bereta Molla, the patron saint of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. According to …
It was becoming normal for me- a patient presenting with fever, muscle aches, headache, and fatigue. “Let’s send them to the lab to get tested, and then I’ll see them in the clinic,” I said to the nurses several times per day. I was learning more every day about this infection, which affected so many …
This is Divine Mercy Sunday, yet God’s Mercy may seem intangible to us. How it is that His Mercy for us need only be requested? Saint Faustina Kowalska recorded Christ’s apparitions to her and noted that “God’s loving mercy” towards all people was especially for sinners.” The two main themes of the devotion are to …
“The pandemic has confirmed how necessary it is to protect the right to health for the most vulnerable people.” -Pope Francis Each year on April 7, we celebrate World Health Day. Although for most of us the day passes without a great deal of fanfare, however, this year, after over a year of a global …
“We are Easter People and Alleluia is our Song!” Saint John Paul II, Address in Harlem, New York (1979). Happy Easter! “You know what has happened all over Judea…” Hearing Peter recall the events, his unmistakable enthusiasm, his desire to be sure the hearer knows what has happened AND what this means! “He commissioned us …
GN. 1: 1-22; GN. 22: 1-18; EX. 14: 15-15:1; IS. 54: 5-14; IS. 55: 1-11; BAR. 3:9-15, 32-4:4; EZ. 36: 16-17A. 18-28; ROM. 6:3-11; MARK 16:1-17. Easter is here- the end of our long journey so now you can have that glass of wine or chocolate or soda pop :). For the entire Lent, the …
ISA. 52: 13-53:12; HEB. 4:14-16; 5:7-9; JOHN 18:1-19:42. Lent began with Ash Wednesday, initiating this period of reflection, fasting, and alms-giving. During the liturgy on Ash Wednesday, we receive ashes with a reminder that our life is fleeting and we need to convert to the Gospel. We are given an abstract reminder that we all …
READINGS: Exodus 12: 1-8; I Cor. 11: 23-26; John 13: 1-15 Have you ever wondered what keeps a people united? Why allows the people in France, or the United Kingdom, or the United States to live peacefully together and see themselves as bonded to neighbors and those living in the same country? Scholars offer many …
