Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 21,2019
Father El Scwab

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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 14, 2019
Leif Kehrwald

Our Old Testament reading from Deuteronomy concludes with:
 
The command is not mysterious. It is already in your mouths and hearts. You have only to carry it out.
 
Reminds me of the story that is told of the scholarly preacher who poured over his theological volumes and biblical commentaries every week in preparation for his sermon on Sunday morning. He locked himself in his study for hours crafting his message. Week after week.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 7, 2019
Father El Schwab

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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 30, 2019
Father El Schwab

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Corpus Cristi
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
June 23, 2019
Sr Phyllis Jaszkowiak

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​In today’s Gospel there are three movements in this story of the loaves and fishes that feed 5000 and more people.
 
The first movement is Jesus saying to the Disciples, “Feed them yourselves.”  Of course there is a great outcry as they only have 5 loaves and 2 fish.  The second movement is Jesus asking what they have, and then taking them and blessing them.  Jesus in effect is saying give me what you have and have faith it is enough.  The third movement is the blessing of the food and sharing it.  They shared it and then had 12 baskets full of leftovers. Jesus used what was available and it was enough and more than enough.  

Trinity Sunday
June 16, 2019
Father Elwin Schwab

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Pentecost Sunday
June 9, 2019
Fernando Madrid, as reader
and Father Elwin Schwab

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Seventh Sunday of Easter
June 2, 2019
Leif Kehrwald

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​“Give it a year.” The parting words from father to son, from Richard Kehrwald to 15-year-old Leif as he went off to boarding school. Wise words from a parent who knew the son would get homesick, want to quit and come home. Who knew that if the son overcame that initial wave of homesickness, he just might have one of the most formative experiences of his life. . . . And that’s just what happened.

Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 19, 2019
Sister Phyllis

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We are invited, invited to love as Jesus loves. We are invited to grow into loving as the Trinity loves.  A love that is relational, merciful, forgiving, unifying, full of great joy and abundance, and very inclusive.  Today we celebrate that inclusiveness as we welcome our Eritrean brothers and sisters, their culture, their language, their music and how they celebrate the Eucharist. Welcome.