Humility and Freedom | Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent

Friday, February 24, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

Creation, the Garden, Adam and Eve, the serpent, and the forbidden fruit. What does this story express about our desires and ourselves?

Deacon-structing Mercy: Where are you?

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Deacon Pedro

Last week we saw that the reason why we need mercy is because we are sinners. St. Paul tells the Ephesians, “we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead […]

Deacon-structing Mercy: In the Beginning

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Deacon Pedro

So far we’ve looked at two things that must be present for mercy to take place, we’ve seen the direct relationship between mercy and love and forgiveness. We’ve also looked at why we are being invited to “walk through the door” of mercy this year. This week and next, as we celebrate Christmas and the beginning […]

Deacon-structing: The Cross- Part 2

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Deacon Pedro

Today is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. Last week on the blog, we looked at why we honour the Cross: Because it reminds us that Jesus died to save us. And this is where I have a problem. Why do we need to be saved by Jesus’ death? I remember growing up learning […]