“Rise and Come forward.” Jesus spoke these words to a man He had singled out in a synagogue almost 2019 years ago. For us, these words also express our mission and our faith. Our passion is for people. For many, life-changing treasures in the Church have remained “buried”. The Scriptures, the sacraments, the lives of  Read more …

Coping with health issues is stressful whether it is injury, receiving a diagnosis, chronic disease or terminal illness. According to many experts, depression, sadness frequently stems from an “incoherent story”, an “inadequate narrative account of oneself “or “a life story gone awry”. Serious illness is a time of profound change for people and their families..  Read more …

The call of Matthew and his following of Christ confirms that God offers his grace to sinners, and the biggest sinners can become the best saints. If sin is the breaking off of one’s filial relationship to God, a sign of obedience to him, then to sin is merely to deny God. To sin is also  Read more …

This Sunday’s Gospel is about the Good Samaritan. The priest and the Levite passed by the half dead man on the road.  They did not want to get involved.  They ignored the voice, the face of God in the beaten man.  They fled from God.  You can flee from God, being Christian, being Catholic, being a  Read more …

The call of Matthew and his following of Christ confirms that God offers his grace to sinners, and the biggest sinners can become the best saints. If sin is the breaking off of one’s filial relationship to God, a sign of obedience to him, then to sin is merely to deny God. To sin is also  Read more …

“Ephphatha”, from the Gospel,is a Greek form of a Syro-Chaldaic or Aramaic word, meaning “Be opened“. This word was uttered by Christ when healing the man, who was deaf and dumb, a man frustrated by his limitations. Speaking to the Corinthians’ community (today’s Epistle), St Paul states, “We are not sufficient of ourselves to think  Read more …

The publican and the Pharisee: The first hurt so many people by putting a heavy burden on them: falsifying taxes code and collections. The second man, the Pharisee, hurt so many too by putting on them the heavy burden of laws that he himself does not observe. So why is the prayer of one bad  Read more …

We (Christians) build to see God. In 1 Chronicles 22:19 God says “Seek me, build me a temple”. Building a space for a community to encounter God is one of the most basic acts of drawing heaven into your world. It has been this way for centuries. The Shunamite woman built a room on her  Read more …

What happens in Baptism? What do we hope for from Baptism?  We hope for eternal life for our child. This is the purpose of Baptism. But how can it be obtained? How can Baptism offer eternal life? What is eternal life? In simple words, we might say:  we hope for a good life, the true  Read more …

Dear Miles, Hailey and Jason,  On behalf of the good people of St. Michael, I welcome you into our spiritual family and thank you for becoming our members today. We thank God for this wonderful day and we glorify his most holy name for granting you all a safe drive to our Parish. Indeed, we  Read more …