“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath!” (Mt 3:7)\ If we were to make the Gospels into a play, the character I would want to play would be John the Baptist. He undoubtedly would have the coolest lines: “Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees!” […]
Read more "Fleeing from the Coming Wrath"“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” Wars and insurrections, persecutions, famines, and strife and tribulation. These are the images we have been seeing over the past few weeks in the readings presented for our consideration by Holy Mother Church, readings that describe the end of the world. But […]
Read more "Preparing for Christ"The year is 1925. World War I is over, and the United States is enjoying an unprecedented economic boom, but Europe is still devastated from the war (a war that will continue to be called in Europe, “The Great War”). In Italy, Benito Mussolini has seized power as dictator, and Adolf Hitler has just been […]
Read more "Christ Must Reign"Para muchas personas, la cosa más peor en el mundo es morir. Para la persona que no cree en Dios o no cree en algo después de esta vida, la muerte parece ser el fin de todo, y entonces la muerte sería de evitar a todo costo. Entonces, hoy día hemos desarrollado tecnologías médicas que […]
Read more "Pecar es peor que morir"It is easy for us to lose track of the setting of the stories in the Gospel. Today’s Gospel is set just days before Palm Sunday. The excitement that will lead to our Lord’s triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, and the dramatic shift that will lead to His execution and death, are already starting to build. […]
Read more "The Sycamore Tree of Folly"“I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance.” These words from St. Paul […]
Read more "The Confidence of Repentance"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)"If you were not at least a little scared by today’s Gospel, then I don’t think that you were paying attention. “My child,” Abraham says to the rich man, “remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are […]
Read more "Riches to be Feared"
Father Gregerson 