March 26, 2023 Do we believe?

Posted by David Southworth on 3/22/23

PRAYER:  Ezekiel:  “O my people!  I will put my spirit in you that you may live…”

     St Paul to the Romans:  “But if you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.”

     Gospel ... Read More »

March 19 He guides me in right paths

Posted by David Southworth on 3/15/23

PRAYER: The 23rd Psalm is our Responsorial Psalm this week. I love the 2nd stanza today: “He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake.” It is reassuring to me that the Lord is “guiding me in right paths”.

Starting in high school and college I formed the ... Read More »

March 12, 2023 Peace with God

Posted by David Southworth on 3/08/23

PRAYER:  As we get into Lent it is easy to lose our focus.  We are not always used to focusing for 6 weeks!... Keep up the Lenten Journey to get closer to God!

     Why do we journey closer to God?.... because as our readings assure us this weekend:  ... Read More »

March 5, 2023 Rise and do not be afraid

Posted by David Southworth on 3/08/23

PRAYER:  What can we say about the news that Holy Name of Jesus Parish will close at the end of June 2023?.... I guess we just pray all the more…. And our readings this week may help:

     Despite this setback God has Good Plans for all of us, ... Read More »

February 26, 2023 Power of acting WITH God

Posted by David Southworth on 2/22/23

PRAYER:  The world tells us to “do our own thing”.  “Just do it”.  As Catholics we are trying to remember, however, that the way to true life, true joy, true success, true fulfillment is to do what God would have us do.  It seems contrary, but obeying God…..is the ... Read More »

February 19, 2023 Be Holy

Posted by David Southworth on 2/15/23

PRAYER:  Book of Leviticus:  “Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.”

Paul to the Corinthians:  “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?..”

Matthew:  “Jesus said to his disciples:….. Give to one ... Read More »

February 12, 2023 We speak a wisdom

Posted by David Southworth on 2/15/23

PRAYER:  Do we realize, as St Paul writes to the Corinthians that “We speak a wisdom to those who are mature, not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away.  Rather, we speak God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before ... Read More »

Feb 5, 2023 Feed the Hungry

Posted by David Southworth on 2/01/23

PRAYER:  Our first reading from Isaiah reminds us that “your light shall break forth like the dawn..” if we “share our bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked…”.  Then…. “you shall call, and the Lord will answer.”….

     God loves us… but …. ... Read More »

January 29, 2023 Be Humble, follow His Law

Posted by David Southworth on 1/25/23

PRAYER:  Zephaniah in our first reading calls the “humble of the earth, who have observed his law” to “Seek the Lord …. Seek justice, seek humility.”

     Then Zephaniah says:  “But I will leave a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in ... Read More »

January 22, 2023 The Lord is our Light

Posted by David Southworth on 1/25/23

PRAYER:  Is the world filled with anguish, gloom, darkness and burdens?  Isaiah in our first reading points out that with the Lord  “Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness…. Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shown…. For the yoke that burdened them,  …. ... Read More »