Excerpt from Deacon Ross’s Reflection God made it clear that the way forward was not through political will, power or conquest. God would be present within the people and the people would bring God’s presence into their lives. Then things would change. Not...
4th Sunday of Advent, 2020 Reflection by Deacon Ross Beaudoin Here is a snippit of Ross’s Reflection: A year ago, who would ever have thought that we would now be looking at seating restrictions at Mass, restaurants with limited capacity or just closed, people...
BULLETIN COLUMN December 13, 2020 Third Sunday of Advent Hooray! Hooray for what? We are “up” when we exclaim “Hooray.” This third Sunday of Advent is Hooray Sunday… known in liturgical circles...
This weekend we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent known as Gaudete Sunday {Gaudete is Latin for rejoice}. As we continue our Advent journey, the readings once again speak of hope. Isaiah reminds us of the power of God’s spirit upon us. We realize that power...
The Choice At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, we will live together, or we will die together. As a country, we have just lived through what was arguably the most divisive four years in recent memory. The divisions did not just suddenly appear four years ago,...
Exquisitely Tuned Be watchful! Be alert! Really? Have we Americans ever been more psyched up, wary or wired than we are right now? We’re alert to unprecedented questions about our politics, our democracy, our economy; and where we find the truth. We’re on guard about...
