By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry. + Sweet and simple today. On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, why don’t we sweetly and simply just focus on Mary’s response, but […]
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Advent is a time of renewal, change of heart
If we ready our spirit for the celebration of the birth of Jesus, we should have a spirit that is open and ready to meet Jesus Christ any way he comes.
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There is no question about God’s promise of fruitfulness
The favor of God falls upon all of us, especially those anointed with God’s own Spirit in baptism.
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God can can take our fears and turn them into blessings filled with grace
Again, we come to realize that God is in all, works through all, and can take the surprising and shocking realities of our lives and turn them into blessings filled with grace.
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God’s word must be heard and lived, not just spoken
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.” — Fred Cunningham. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” This familiar saying sums up […]
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The rosary in Mary’s month
During this month of May, let us try to rediscover the power of the rosary.
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No longer servants, but friends
We can be friends with the living God! All we need to do is accept his request. Jesus is inviting us to be his follower and friend. He is inviting us to share in his holiness, in his divine nature. He is calling us to be like him here on earth so that we will see our Father’s face in heaven.
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Continual reform
There is growing awareness that we are living in a time of reform and renewal in the Catholic Church.
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Born for greater things: From the ‘crisis of man’ toward a new Christian humanism
By Archbishop José H. Gomez (The following is adapted from Archbishop José H. Gomez’s “Hispanic Innovators of the Faith” lecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6.) My friends, I am honored to deliver this […]
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Listen to Mary, and ‘Do whatever he tells you’
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Start by doing what is necessary; then what’s possible; and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi. “In the beginning” are the very first words of both Genesis and John’s Gospel. […]
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