Priestly Ponderings

Each spring, as blossoms return and creation awakens, the Catholic Church turns with love and reverence to the Blessed Virgin Mary—our Mother and Queen. Among the most cherished devotions of this season is the May Crowning, a time-honored tradition that lifts our hearts toward heaven through Mary, who always leads us to her Son. To crown Mary is to acknowledge what the Church has always believed: that she who said yes to God deserves our highest honor — not as an equal to Go

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER- ‘Preach the truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.’- St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church This Wednesday, April 29, the Church remembers St. Catherine of Siena. Throughout St. Catherine of Siena’s life, the actions and lifestyles of many in the Church did not match up with the Church’s faith. Stagnation reigned over religious praxis in Europe. Ecclesial ministe

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER- FIRST COMMUNION SUNDAY Today is a very special day for many children, in our parishes at Holy Childhood of Jesus and St. Liborious, as well as many other numerous Catholic children throughout the world as they celebrate their First Holy Communion. This time is also an excellent time for all of us to reflect on that moment in which we all received our First Eucharist. First Communion is one of the most significant and memorable

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER- SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY WHAT IS DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY? In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000. St. Maria Faustina Kowalska is the Polish religious sister whom our Lord chose to be his apos