In the struggles we have endured with Covid and our personal challenges we may want to curse the darkness that envelops us. As we begin a new year we need to tend to the divine light. We need to fan the flames of our faith through which we will survive and triumph.     ~ Fr. Matt

                                                                                          

 

 

 

We celebrate the Christ event. As the anointed was made flesh salvation reaches its ultimate clarity. What we celebrate as good news is not mere words but persons and events. ~ Fr. Matt                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” made cinematic the portability of the where the Ten Commandments were housed. The Ark was a visible sign of the presence of God for the Hebrews. That title has been attributed to Mary as the one who brings the Son of God to us.    ~ Fr. Matt

                                                                                      

 

 

 

An unknown author once said, “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same.”  Can we name some of these people? The exercise will help our Advent journey.      ~ Fr. Matt

                                                      

 

We have all gone through Rites of Passage. Luke’s Gospel places Jesus right in the middle of human history combining the secular (Rome) and the sacred (Judaism) and extending salvation for the whole world. Our Advent journey is a sign that God is still at work in us.     ~ Fr. Matt

             

 

 

 

As we begin a new Liturgical Year, may we hear God’s message afresh as if for the first time.     ~ Fr. Matt

We may find the title of this Sunday as archaic since we have a democratic form of government. The remaining Royals are good fodder for fashion magazines. We are celebrating and acknowledging that  Jesus is “Totus Tuus”, Totally Yours.     ~ Fr. Matt

                                                 

 

 

 

Public anxiety over the end of the world is nothing new.  Today speculation is about being sucked into a black hole in space, global warming, cosmic rays, meteorites, greenhouse effect, nuclear war, or the dying of the sun.  Instead of focusing on the end let’s concern ourselves with living wisely and justly inheriting eternal life.      ~ Fr. Matt

                                                                              

 

 

 

The widow’s donation seems insignificant but God knows her heart. This example helped the apostles to grasp the value of the cross and the immeasurable gift of oneself.   ~ Fr. Matt

                                                                        

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Controversy is a constant companion of Jesus.  As followers of Christ we are required via our work and person to make God nearer and the path of goodness clearer for all we encounter.     ~ Fr. Matt