“What are You Giving up for Lent?”

By Fr. Dan Merz Christos anesti!  Alithos anesti!  Christ is risen!  He is truly risen! Those words have gone to the ends of the earth.  And they still resound today with hope and joy for those who have received the gift of faith.  The empty tomb is our gift of faith.  Open wide your heart […]

El Salvador began a lock down of all but a limited number of those deemed essential workers on March 21, 2020.  It was one of the world’s strictest with the military empowered to stop citizens and detain/quarantine them.  The upside is that El Salvador’s low median age and strict lock down have kept death rates […]

By Angelle Hall “It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision.”* On March 1, 2020, I shared updates and information in the bulletin on our Sister Parish as we prepared to support them in our Lenten […]

Preserving and enhancing love centered relationships is at the heart of the Ten Commandments (and the Beatitudes) and the reason for Jesus’ display of anger in the temple. We have lost our axis to the world of “anything goes” and no longer see the Ten Commandments as practical and wise guideposts to effective living. We […]

A pregnant woman was walking in the store and met an old friend. Her friend exclaimed, “You are absolutely beaming!” The new life God placed in her womb radiated throughout her body. It was brightly visible on her face and in her eyes. Transformation and change usually happen from the inside out. It is very […]

St. Oscar Romero said, “Aspire not to have more, but to be more.” These powerful words provide the perfect framework for a conversion oriented Lenten experience. God is giving us this Lenten sign to stop being concerned about what you have and focus on who you are. This requires that we create a desert space […]