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Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 7/08/14

"Without doubt, Jesus Christ could have abolished pain at a single stroke, and, by virtue of the infinite grace of the Redemption, restored man to the state of complete, unmixed bliss that he enjoyed in the paradise of innocence. He did not so wish. He judged that, for some, ... Read More »

Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 7/02/14

"I was sure that it was better for me to give myself up to your love than to give in to my own desires. However, although the one way appealed to me and was gaining mastery, the other still afforded me pleasure and kept me victim. I had no ... Read More »

Five Acolytes Instituted - Latest Step To Becoming Permanent Deacons

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 7/01/14

In a major step in their journey to become permanent deacons five candidates were instituted as Acolytes during a Mass on June 7 at Epiphany Cathedral as family and friends looked on. Bishop Frank J. Dewane instituted Steven Beck, Edison Gibbons Jr., Roberto Landron, Yuri Perez-Alvarez, and Dr. David Reardon ... Read More »

Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 6/30/14

"Act as if everyday were the last of your life, and each action the last you perform." — St. Alphonsus Liguori   "[The] ultimate end of man we call beatitude. For a man’s happiness or beatitude consists in the vision whereby he sees God in His essence. Of course, man ... Read More »

From Your Pastor - The Ascension of the Lord

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/30/14

Brothers and Sisters - All Priests pray the “Office” or the Church’s “Liturgy of the Hours” throughout each day. One morning last week, I remember reading a homily/teaching by St. Hilary, one of the great Fathers of the Church. He wrote on HOW we live in the Trinity of God: that Jesus is One with the Father ... Read More »

Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day for May 28th, 2014

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/28/14

"The earnest practice of virtue (humility, temperance, patience, love of neighbor, and the like) directly causes a deepening prayer, and at the same time, as prayer develops, so does one find it much easier to be humble, temperate, patient, and loving." — Fr. Thomas DubayFire Within, pg. 115

Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day for May 27th, 2014

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/27/14

"In Jesus’ fall beneath the weight of the cross, the meaning of his whole life is seen: his voluntary abasement that lifts us up from the depths of our pride. The nature of our pride is also revealed: it is that arrogance which makes us think that we do ... Read More »

Your Morning Offering - Meditation of the Day

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/26/14

"I call upon you, my God, my mercy, who made me, and did not forget me, although I forgot you. I call you into my soul, which you prepare to accept you by the longing that you breathe into it. Do not desert me now when I call upon ... Read More »

From Your Pastor - Sixth Sunday of Easter

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/24/14

Brothers and Sisters - As children we learned our purpose in life is to grow to know and love God. Throughout these 50 days, we have the invitation to grow to know God more. But how can we grow to know God? God is sooooo big, sooo “other”! In today’s ... Read More »

From Your Pastor - Fifth Sunday of Easter

Posted by Alisa Bowman on 5/24/14

Brothers and Sisters - As children we learned our purpose in life is to grow to know and love God. Throughout these 50 days, we have the invitation to grow to know God more. But how can we grow to know God? God is sooooo big, sooo “other”! In today’s ... Read More »