READINGS: DEUTERONOMY 26:4-10; ROMANS 10: 8-13; LUKE 4: 1-13. Lent has begun- more than a simple season on the calendar but an opportunity to remember, reflect and confront demons. Often, our focus is on our shortcomings or on events in the world that can be terrifying, leaving us feeling powerless and alone. Today’s first reading …
This Lent we wanted to share some meatless dinner options from the locations where Mission Doctors serve. This first Friday of Lent – we want to share the Ghanaian Peanut (called groundnut in West Africa) Stew. This is a dish popular across West Africa. While there are many versions and recipes, this simple one can …
“I invite everyone to make this coming 2nd March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace: let believers dedicate themselves intensively to prayer and fasting. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war. -Pope Francis On this day to solemnly remember our human mortality and the need for reconciliation, the …
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A holiday in the United States means a day off from school and work for many of us. It often includes a service project or event to remember King’s call to equality and justice. When I was reflecting on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s legacy and writings …
While, gratefully many of us are now able to get to Mass, even if masks are still required as they are in Los Angeles, we look forward to the opportunity this year to celebrate together the birth of our savior, king, brother, Jesus. What does His humble birth mean to us all this year? For …
READINGS: Micah 5: 1-4a; Hebrews 10: 5-10; Luke 1:39-45. Peace and good! Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent with less than a week to go before Christmas. Today’s readings remind us of God’s promise of a Messiah (in Micah); the need to do the will of God (Hebrews) and Mary being greeted by Elizabeth. …
Msgr. Terrence Fleming, known to many as Msgr. Terry will be honored with the 2021 Msgr. Anthony Brouwers Award for faith and service during our virtual ‘Heart for the World’ Gala, February 19, 2022. As so many of you know, this award is named for our founder Msgr. Anthony Brouwers. Msgr. Brouwers held the same …
READINGS: ZEP. 3: 14-18a; PHIL.4:4-7; LUKE 3: 10-18. Today is the Third Sunday of Advent as well as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. To the liturgists among us, the priority is given to celebrating the Third Sunday of Advent but to many people, nothing can trump honoring Nuestra Senora de la Guadalupe. The …
Our belief in the Immaculate Conception of Mary is that “from the first moment of her conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary was, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind, kept free from all stain of original sin.” The observance of this …
READINGS: BARUCH 3:1-9; PHIL. 1:4-6; 8-11; LUKE 3: 1-6 “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths…” Today’s reading from the Gospel of Luke introduces us to the ministry of John the Baptist, living in the desert, whose vocation is to prepare the way for the Messiah. So, what can we get from …