As we now find ourselves in the Ordinary Time season following the Christmas and Epiphany solemnities, these Sundays speak to us in a different way than the Ordinary Time Sundays much later in the year. These Sundays are in some ways an extension of the Solemnity of the Epiphany. Although on that particular day we […]
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As we join together in the celebration of Holy Mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, or in the morning hours of Christmas Day we will have an opportunity, either before Mass or in the moments following, to approach the Manger within our parish churches and spend a few moments there in contemplation and prayer. These
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As we now enter into this Advent season, the beginning of a new liturgical year, we have a wonderful opportunity to turn over a new leaf in our spiritual and religious life. During this past year within our Future Direction program we have all been charged to accomplish five themes for ourselves and our parishes.
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We have just concluded the XXVI General Synod of the Polish National Catholic Church. It was most certainly an exhausting few days as we started off our days with early breakfast and continued with sessions all during the day and into the evening after dinner. The days were also extended since, as faithful members of
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As we find ourselves now in the month of September, there is just about one month until we gather for the XXVI General Synod held within the Central Diocese of our Church. We remind ourselves that the Holy Synod is such a critical part of what we do as members of God’s Holy Church. We
As the summer is now coming to its close, we still find ourselves within the Ordinary Time season working our way through the Gospel of St. Luke. Within the Gospel readings of these many weeks, we have been traveling with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as He makes His way from the beginnings of
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As we continue during this Ordinary Time season within the Church, we encounter a period when we are focused on the teachings of our Lord. This year as we primarily read from the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel readings during Holy Mass are taken from the time period when Jesus and His disciples are journeying
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Almighty and eternal God, in Your plan for our salvation You provide priests as shepherds for Your people. Inspire men to answer Your call to become priests, because “the harvest is great but the laborers are few.” Grant Your Church an increase of priests and keep them faithful in their love and service to You
During the month of May, we turn at least a part of our spiritual attention to focus on the Mother of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary. During this month we sing hymns in honor of the Mother of God, some parishes will hold special Marian Devotions, others will have a
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After our time in proceeding through the season of Lent seeking to unburden ourselves of sin and growing closer to the Passion, Suffering and Death of our Lord, we now come to the joyous celebration of the Resurrection, Jesus rising from the dead and rising to life again. In our Gospel on Easter morning we
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