Sometimes, God seems not to answer our prayers. We have all had times in our lives when we have prayed fervently and persistently and God seems not to respond. It could be the death of a loved one, sickness, loss of a job, a miscarriage, or many other situations. This can lead to a crisis […]
Read more "Being persistent and confident in prayer"“Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” What is it that makes this one leper thankful, while the others take our Lord’s healing for granted? The key to understanding this passage is in one simple word, “foreigner.” The leper who […]
Read more "Trembling and Giving Thanks"As last Sunday was the first Sunday for our new pastor (Father Tom Shoemaker), I did not preach at Sunday Masses.
Read more "No sermon last Sunday (10-2)"We showed the video for the 30th Annual Bishop’s Appeal on Sunday, so I did not write or deliver a sermon.
Read more "No Sermon 9/18"“If you are what you should be, you will set the world on fire.” These words were written by St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th Century mystic from Italy, and are a fitting response to the words of our Lord in today’s Gospel: “I have come to set the world on fire, and how I […]
Read more "Setting the World on Fire"“I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack.” The words of this country song, even if not expressed with the grammatical cohesion that one could desire for the English language, ring true. Our earthly possessions are good for just that, for our life on earth, and that alone. At the end of our […]
Read more "Building Bigger Barns: The dangers of greed"As we gaze upon the Most Holy Eucharist, the true Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, these words from Our Lord’s last discourse to His Apostles before His Passion in the Gospel according to St. John have a particular significance. When we look upon the Eucharist, exposed in the monstrance under […]
Read more "The Eucharist as a sign of God’s Mercy"Beaten. Stripped naked. Left for dead on the side of the road. The road to Jericho was a dangerous road, plagued with robbers, thieves, and violent men. Anyone who travelled it would have considered the possibility of winding up in such a state, but our traveler from today’s Gospel must have thought it would never […]
Read more "Christ is the Good Samaritan"A soldier sent behind enemy lines into heavily occupied territory is not normally sent unprepared. Yet our Lord says to the 72 disciples He sends on mission in today’s Gospel, “I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals.” That is, he literally sends them on a journey […]
Read more "Sent as Lambs Among Wolves"Every parent has heard the complaint from his or her children, “But that’s not fair! You let her do ____.” And every one of us can remember feeling slighted as kids when mom or dad let our brother or sister do something we weren’t allowed to do. Something similar plays out in the Old Testament […]
Read more "Don’t Look Back"
Father Gregerson 