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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2 August 2020

Posted on August 04, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

August 2, 2020 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Many people in our world are hungry and thirsty. This hunger and thirst go well beyond physical needs for food, security, and shelter. Many are emotionally and spiritually parched, too. Behind every act of violence is a soul who hungers. People live with relationships that actually starve them. They are abused, exploited, disrespected, laughed at, and marginalized. There is a lot of confusion and inner pain that needs to be acknowledged and expressed. We all long to be understood and loved, even when our inner demons or who ...

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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 26 July 2020

Posted on July 24, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

July 26, 2020 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time A single mother who has a child with special needs works two jobs and sacrifices much of her own pleasures in order to be available for her son. Being the best mother possible is important to her and brings her joy. We are willing to make great and often heroic sacrifices for those people and things that matter most to us. Unless there is something of obvious importance to us in our immediate path, we can easily approach life in a more haphazard and chaotic way. We jump from one thing to another, responding to whatever it is ...

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Online Marriage Encounter Experience

Posted on July 17, 2020 in: Cluster Blog

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Gospel Meditation: 16th Sunday of Ordinary time 19 July 2020

Posted on July 13, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

July 19, 2020 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Grace and sin, belief and unbelief, good and evil all exist together. While we wrestle with these two dimensions of reality inwardly, they are also witnessed in the actions and words of others. Many, all too often, beat themselves up because of their sin. We are also all too quick to pass judgment on others whom we perceive to be in error and walking down a wrong path. God does not make rash judgments, nor should we. Patience is the order of the day as is an understanding that God is ultimately the caller of the shots. Our...

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Gospel Meditation: 15th Sunday of Ordinary time 12 July 2020

Posted on July 06, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

July 12, 2020 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Using the best seeds doesn’t always guarantee the best plants. An older Italian gentleman straight from Italy gave me these amazing tomato seeds that he claimed produced the best tomatoes ever grown. Without doubt, the fruit he shared with me was a testament to that fact. These tomatoes were amazing! I couldn’t wait until the next growing season to plant these seeds and harvest my own tomatoes. The whole experiment ended up a failure. I did everything the gentleman said, but my fruit didn’t even come close. ...

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Gospel Meditation: 14th Sunday of Ordinary time 5 July 2020

Posted on June 29, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

July 5, 2020 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time We are all familiar with the refrain, “You have put on Christ. In him you have been baptized. Alleluia, alleluia!” In Baptism, we “put on” Christ. In putting on Christ, we put on all that Christ is and represents: hope, faith, and love. We are no longer bound to the sins and failures of the flesh, that part of us that resists God and relies exclusively on human means. It also means that we are not in debt to our past, complete with its sins, failures, regrets, fears, and unfulfilled dreams. There is always hope. In putting on Christ, we put on God&rsqu...

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Gospel Meditation: 13th Sunday of Ordinary time 28 June 2020

Posted on June 24, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

June 28, 2020 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time When we were baptized, we were baptized into Christ’s death. Take a moment to ponder these profound words. We were baptized into death. In every sense of the word, we are asked to die. This is not just about our final death but about daily deaths due to inconvenience, discomfort, pain, loss, or others’ needs. This is an incredible epiphany given the way we very often approach our lives. We do everything to avoid death, let alone encounter it! Many avoid pain, discomfort, inconvenience, uneasiness, change, interference, and suffering of any kind. We put a lot of e...

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Priest Chat 2 - June 18th

Posted on June 24, 2020 in: Office of Faith Events, Diocese of Norwich

Our Chancellors, Fr. Brian and Fr. Peter, answer questions about the Diocese of Norwich as the church begins to open in the midst of the Pandemic. Priest Chat 2- June 18th from DIOCESE OF NORWICH on Vimeo.

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Gospel Meditation: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time 21 June 2020

Posted on June 17, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

June 21, 2020 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time There are many things of which we can be afraid: being rebuked, rejection, anger, being challenged, having to defend ourselves, standing alone, insecurity, failure, and even death. For some, identifying and overcoming their fears is a daunting task. Regardless of how much they may want to break the cycle of fear, they find that they remain close friends with old and dysfunctional behavioral habits and norms. Maybe what they really fear is change. There are many who gravitate to the familiar and comfortable, and find safety an...

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Gospel Meditation for Sunday June 14

Posted on June 11, 2020 in: Sunday Reflections

June 14, 2020 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ It is no wonder that followers of Christ are called the Body of Christ. After all, sharing in the same spiritual food and sacred meal, they become what they eat and reveal the Divine Image. There is so much power for healing in the community of believers. Through the Eucharist, Christ becomes as present in those who have partaken of his Body and Blood as he has the elements themselves. The very presence of God touches the depths of the human soul and visits a part of us that no human being can ever hope to explore. ...

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