blog 11/4/12   “I love you Lord, my strength.” And to “strength” one might add my rock, my fortress, my deliverer” and many other adjectives that describe our Lord, especially “my love” because God is love and He loves us with an e Continue Reading →

  BLOG 10/2812   “The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.” The psalmist captures the joy of God's people being brought back from captivity. There was laughter, tongues rejoicing, glad indeed were the folks! As stated by the Lord in the Continue Reading →

The Prophet Isaiah says in verse 11 of chapter 53 (first reading for this weekend) “through His suffering, my servant shall justify many.” Our response to God's Word today is “Lord, let your mercy be upon us, as we place our trust in you.” Praise God we are some Continue Reading →

“Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy.” Hopefully you and I have learned that it is in singing praises to our God that we are full of His love. It is when we focus on the Lord and give him praise and honor and glory that the love of God is being poured Continue Reading →

As you read my blog this week I will be in Medjugorje with 24 other pilgrims. Please know that I am taking you all in spirit with me and place you and your intentions before the Lord, asking His Mother to intercede for all of us. We have this beautiful intercessor for us and we know t Continue Reading →

“The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.” I suppose if our only justification was the Law our hearts would be more into the Law, and like folks do we would be good keepers of the letter of the Law. Jesus comes on the scene and gives us a New Law, a Law of love of G Continue Reading →

“The Lord upholds my life.” This is our response to God's Word and hopefully this response comes from a personal experience of the Lord in our lives. Can we think of a moment or time when we knew the hand of God had upheld us? The love of God sustained us? The power of Continue Reading →

“I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.” Our response this weekend to God's speaking to us is: thank you Lord, thank you for especially hearing my voice in supplication; thank you Lord for saving my life, for freeing me up in so many ways that I can tr Continue Reading →

The Lord God speaks through the prophet Isaiah (43:21), “…the people whom I formed for myself that they might announce my praise.” We respond today with, “Praise the Lord, my soul.” The best thing we can do is praise God, give glory and laud and honor to the on Continue Reading →

For the past several weekend Masses we have listened to John chapter 6 and our response has been for most of this time: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.” Our focus was on the Eucharist, eating His Body and drinking His Blood which is real food and real drink, Jesus Continue Reading →