Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the month and our Monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 pm and conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament after Vespers (5:30 PM). All […]

Readings: 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 I’m not favorably impressed by James and John’s reaction to the Samaritans but I have to hand it to them: before they act, they run their plan by Jesus and actually listen to him when he doesn’t approve. They’re willing to act as if he […]

During this week I will be observing my annual retreat in solitude; as a result there will be no new posts on the site until I return next Sunday. I realize that the number of posts have slowed down in the past few months. Apart from the usual heavy schedule, I was also dealing with […]

Readings: 1 Kings 19:16, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9:51-62 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and preaching.  

Readings: Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Our national observance of Fathers’ Day is also celebrated this Sunday and we will remember in our prayers and in the Eucharist all our fathers, living and dead. In an era when […]

Readings: 2 Samuel 12:7-10,13; Galatians2:16, 19-21; Luke 7: 36-8:3 Today’s Mass gives us one of the most beautiful moments in all the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry in Israel. The beauty of this moment stands out all the greater by its contrast to the rudeness which it highlights. A woman driven by strong feelings of grief […]

Readings: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Galatians 12:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-50 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.

The name Barbizon probably reads like a commercial label to most readers. Is it a modeling agency? And acting school? First and foremost, it’s a location in France where artists congregated to paint. Back in 1824, the English landscape painter, John Constable exhibited his work in the Paris Salon, revolutionizing the vision of his French […]

Readings: 1 Kings 17:17-24; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 It would seem that we return to Sundays in Ordinary Time by colliding with a funeral procession. Yet I have to admit that during the last three weeks, as we celebrated Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart, both the Mass Readings and the preaching […]

Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16; Romans 5:5-11; Luke 15:3-7 The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. This thought of Saint Paul, which we believe has been inspired by the Holy Spirit speaking in Paul, is the sure foundation of the hope we place in […]